reverse ordering date queries in django python

Question

In my quest to understand queries to Django models I've been trying to get the last 3 added valid Avatar models with a query like:

newUserAv = Avatar.objects.filter(valid=True).order_by("date")[:3]

However this gives me the first three avatars added ordered by date. I'm sure this is so simple but I've had trouble finding it in the Django docs, how do I selected the LAST three avatar objects instead of the first?

Answer 1

Put a hyphen before the field name.

.order_by('-date')

Answer 2

Reverse order with .reverse()

newUserAv = Avatar.objects.filter(valid=True).order_by("date").reverse()[:3]