def METHOD_NAME(self):
    """Get the last time backloged runned."""
    log.debug(u'Retrieving the last check time from the DB')
    main_db_con = db.DBConnection()
    sql_results = main_db_con.select('SELECT last_backlog '
                                     'FROM info')
    if not sql_results:
        last_backlog = 1
    elif sql_results[0]['last_backlog'] is None or sql_results[0]['last_backlog'] == '':
        last_backlog = 1
    else:
        last_backlog = int(sql_results[0]['last_backlog'])
        if last_backlog > datetime.date.today().toordinal():
            last_backlog = 1
    self._last_backlog = last_backlog
    return self._last_backlog