How to return second newest record in SQL?

Question

If this:

SELECT *
FROM Table
WHERE Date=( SELECT MAX(Date)
             FROM Table
           )

returns newest record from the table, how

Answer 1

select second last date in sql:

 SELECT MAX(YourDateColumn) FROM YourTable where ColumnId=2 and  YourDateColumn <
(SELECT MAX(YourDateColumn) FROM YourTable where ColumnId=2)

hope helps someone.