Lion, Finder question

Finder
In Lion, I don't like the way finder lists "Today"
"Yesterday",   "previous 30 days"  when searching,I like the way it use to display my images/ files. Kind of just  in order of modified, etc etc …….plenty of way in view options  I  only want one  section, not those others in the window. Is there a way to change that? If you know what I mean?

Choose "Show View Options" from the View menu. Uncheck the "Use relative dates" item and click the "Use as Defaults" button.
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