How can I reset my iMac to the state it was in yesterday with Time Machine

Please help. I am trying to do something I thought was simple but I cant work out how to do it...
I need to reset my iMac to the state it was in yesterday evening using my Time Machine backup.
Yesterday I was on OSX 10.8 now I am on 10.6. The iMac was working fine yesterday.
Many thanks in anticipation...

This solved my problem! Great advice thanks!  You have saved me from doing an unnecessary backup restore and re-upgrade which is what I was being advised to do elsewhere. Your fix took a matter of minutes! I cant thank you enough.
I still dont know how my 10 year old son and friends managed to do this in the first place as his account has parental controls and is restricted. I suppose they must have held a key on the keyboard during start-up and selected the wrong options!
Anyway, a lesson learned by all.
Thank you so much again for being inciteful with my question.

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