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Which sort by value to give in order to indicate LAST in a unix timestamps array?

I'm using lodash's sortBy to sort an array of objects based on their timestamps (Unix time).
However, I want to set one of the objects to always be last (based on a certain condition).
If I wanted it to be first, I would give it a value of 0.

let sortedArr = _.sortBy(arr, getSortByKey);

function getSortByKey(item) {
   if (item.key === 'lastKey') {
       return SORT_BY_KEY_LAST;
   }
   return item.timestamp;
}

What value should I return there to make lastKey always be last?
I'm trying to figure out what makes the most sense and is the most readable solution.

Solution

  • Since all of the timestamp values are known to be in the past, I realized I can use _.now() as a pretty elegant way to set a last sort by timestamp value.