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</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(220, 220, 170)">buildProperty</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(212, 212, 212)">(</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(212, 212, 212)">{</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#9CDCFE"><span class="token plain"> title</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(212, 212, 212)">:</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(206, 145, 120)">"Publication date"</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(212, 212, 212)">,</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#9CDCFE"><span class="token plain"> dataType</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(212, 212, 212)">:</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(206, 145, 120)">"timestamp"</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#9CDCFE"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(212, 212, 212)">}</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(212, 212, 212)">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(212, 212, 212)">;</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup__atx"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_eSgA" aria-hidden="true"><svg class="copyButtonIcon_y97N" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_LjdS" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div><h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="autovalue-on_create--on_update"><code>autoValue</code> "on_create" | "on_update"<a 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