select distinct mysql

hy, I have a tabel (history) with fields: id (uniq), date, time, name, etc. I want to select after next rules: - date and time been sort descendent - only 10 recording - value of the field name to be unique syntax must be something this: SELECT *, DISTINCT name FROM history ORDER date DESC, time DESC LIMIT 10 but this not work. how can I do this? this is structure of tabel: id name date time ...etc ---------------------------------------------- 1. kale 2002-03-15 14:12_14 .... 2. smith 2002-04-17 15:14:13 .... 3. kale 2002-05-15 16:14:13 ..... I want that result contains only recordings 2 and 3 not 1 because it's same name and it is older then 3. I use a mysql server. thanks for help kale