The latest and oldest methods allow you to easily order results by table column. By default, result will be ordered by the

created_at 

column. You will pass the column name that you wish to sort by using

orderBy 

method. new method latest() eloquent

public function getLatestRecord()
{
    $latests = User::latest()->get();
}

old method OrderBy with latest eloquent

public function getLatestRecord()
{
    $latests = \DB::table('users')->orderBy('created_at','desc')->get();
}

new method oldest() eloquent

public function getOldestRecord()
{
    $oldest = User::oldest()->get();
}