I used the following XML tree description, need descending order:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
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<tree tree_state="1" default_order="assess_datetime desc">
<field name="assess_datetime" select="1" widget="date"/>
<field name="assess_datetime" width="50" select="2" widget="time"/>
<field name="license_plate"/>
<field name="check_in_out"/>
With that, I am having the following list in a web-client: