Get latest MongoDB record by field of datetime

Question

I have a collection like this:

{
    \'datetime\': some-date,
    \'lat\': \'32.00\',
    \'lon\': \'74.00\'
},
{
    \'datetime\': some-date,
    \'lat\': \         


        

Answer 1

Use sort and limit:

db.col.find().sort({"datetime": -1}).limit(1)

Answer 2

For node.js you can use the findOne() function:

db.collection('yourCollectionName').findOne(
  {},
  { sort: { datetime: -1 } },
  (err, data) => {
     console.log(data);
  },
);