You can use the posts_where
filter:
// Add custom filter
add_filter( 'posts_where', 'wpse_modified' );
// Fetch posts
$query = new WP_Query( $lastupdated_args );
'
where you can define the filter callback as:
function wpse_modified( $where )
{
global $wpdb;
// Run only once:
remove_filter( current_filter(), __FUNCTION__ );
// Append custom SQL
return $where . " AND {$wpdb->posts}.post_modified} != {$wpdb->posts}.post_modified} ';
}
Though it would be handy to be able to use this kind of date queries:
$args = [
'date_query' => [
[ 'before' => 'post_modified' ]
],
];
and
$args = [
'date_query' => [
[
'column' => 'post_modified_gmt',
'after' => 'post_date_gmt',
'inclusive' => false
]
],
];
That's maybe an idea for a core ticket! ;-)