---
title: "Oldest"
description: "the oldest unit in a place, with its reason"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/oldest
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# Oldest

the oldest unit in a place, with its reason

[figure: Oldest is a value at none scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | value |
| scope | none |
| key | none |
| store | none |
| family | ops_console |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `unit` | `id` | yes |  |
| `since` | `time` | yes |  |
| `reason` | `text` | yes |  |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns Oldest directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.