# How to return the latest available ERA5 date via cdsapi?

**URL:** <https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/how-to-return-the-latest-available-era5-date-via-cdsapi/14422>\
**Category:** API\
**Tags:** cds, era5\
**Created:** [15 November 2025 07:54 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/how-to-return-the-latest-available-era5-date-via-cdsapi/14422 "2025-11-15T07:54:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hitachi\_Wang](https://forum.ecmwf.int/user_avatar/forum.ecmwf.int/hitachi_wang/32/1423_2.png) [@Hitachi\_Wang](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Hitachi_Wang)\
**Post date:** [15 November 2025 07:54 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/how-to-return-the-latest-available-era5-date-via-cdsapi/14422/1 "2025-11-15T07:54:05Z")

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For open-data api, it provides a return about the latest update and available data, so I wonder know can cdsapi do the same thing like this, for example, i can set a input parameter like “latest”, it will return the latest time and download the newest one~

thx~

Yu WANG