how to write a linq to sql query for getting last record?

Question

REcords are entering like this.

id     message    timestamp
1      hi         12-12-2012 11.00
2      gii        12-12-2012 11.01

How to write the query for getting new message record based on timestamp?i mean last record.

Answer 1

Using the Max method.

DateTime[] arr = new DateTime[] 
    { DateTime.Today, DateTime.Today.AddDays(1), DateTime.Today.AddDays(2) };
DateTime lastEntity = arr.Max(x => x.Date);  // equals DateTime.Today.AddDays(2)