I followed the instructions from "How do I find the most recent date from a connected object?", but the dates I wind up with (after converting to a number in the child object, then going to the parent object and using Max to find the new one, then converting back from number to date) are WAY off. If I use "hours" as a date format, I get numbers about 50,000 years in the future. If I use "days" as the date format, all the resulting dates are from 1970, when they should be in Spring 2021.
Hi - I have used that approach in the past - but I have a working example where I just use a formula in the child object like this:
And then use a Max field against this - seems to work as expected.
Hi - I see the reply solution link is unavailable - any can advise on a solution. My formula to convert a number backinto date format simply yields no answer. Remains blank?
Hi @Mark3 - not sure what happened to the image in my old response but let me try to explain what I do…
Basically I use a Max field in the parent object - but if you try to set one us you will find that a regular date field is not one of the child fields that you can “Max”. What I do is to have an equation field which makes a new version of this (still in date format):
You will find that you are then able to use Max to get the latest value of this date in the parent object:
And the result shows as a date:
Now - full disclosure here - this shows as a date but can’t be used as a date in filters etc as is - for that you need to use another Equation just to convert the Max into a value that Knack recognises as a date:
Extremely long winded but doable!
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Last week I was doing some tutoring with a client and the subject of obtaining the latest date from a connected object came up. 
I appreciate that many of you will know how to do this, but I thought it would be worthwhile diving in a bit deeper and walk through the process step by step.
Hopefully this will help someone. 
Mastering Max Dates:
Unix Time in Connected Tables
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