<pre>-- Are relative dates (e.g., today, yesterday) shown  in Finder list view windows?on mouseUp  answer "The uses relative dates of Finder is" && getUsesRelativeDates()end mouseUpfunction getUsesRelativeDates  put "tell application" && quote & "Finder" & quote & return after scriptVar  put indent(2) & "set response to uses relative dates of Finder preferences" & return after scriptVar  put indent(2) & "return (response as string)" & return after scriptVar  put "end tell" after scriptVar  do scriptVar as appleScript  return the resultend getUsesRelativeDates</pre>