why do u want to check the settings ..just do as u want .
Below find few examples ....
Date fromdate
fromdate = today()
Messagebox('vulcanjena',string(fromdate))
RESULT --> MM/DD/YYYY
Datetime fromdate
fromdate = datetime(today())
Messagebox('vulcanjena',string(fromdate))
RESULT --> MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss
Datetime fromdate , todate
fromdate = datetime(date(today()),time(0,0,0))
todate = datetime(date(today()),time(23,59,59))
Messagebox ('vulcanjena',string(fromdate))
Messagebox ('vulcanjena',string(todate))
RESULT --> MM/DD/YYYY 00:00:00 and MM/DD/YYYY 23:59:59
Enjoy .....