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I have a SObject called DDStatus__c which has LastUpdated__c field (DateTime type). How can I get latest datetime using SOQL query.

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    Per record or overall MAX as an aggregate result ?
    – techtrekker
    Jan 4, 2013 at 11:17

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You should be able to do this query to get the record showing the latest datetime:

[Select Id From DDStatus_c Order By LastUpdated_c DESC Limit 1]

You can add a Where clause if this is a child object and you're looking for the latest datetime for a specific parent record.

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  • [Select Id From DDStatus_c Order By LastUpdated_c DESC Limit 1] is returning list. why?
    – Bhushan Lodha
    Jan 4, 2013 at 18:33
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    Any SOQL query statement will return a list. But there are few exceptions like the COUNT aggregate query that returns an integer. You can get the first element from the list returned by the query by checking the list count.
    – Vijay Prakash
    Jan 5, 2013 at 15:55
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Unless I'm missing something, this line should work, as long as you are certain the record you're querying for exists. If you aren't sure it exists, you should cast the query to a list, and look for the first element in the list to get the field value from.

Datetime dt = [select LastUpdated__c from DDStatus__c where Id = :someId].LastUpdated__c;
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