Add timestamp in Firestore documents

Question

I\'m newbie to Firestore. Firestore docs says...

Important: Unlike \"push IDs\" in the Firebase Realtime Database, Cloud Firestore au

Answer 1

The way it worked with me, is just taking the timestamp from the snapshot parameter snapshot.updateTime

exports.newUserCreated = functions.firestore.document('users/{userId}').onCreate(async (snapshot, context) => {
console.log('started!     v1.7');
const userID = context.params['userId'];

firestore.collection(`users/${userID}/lists`).add({
    'created_time': snapshot.updateTime,
    'name':'Products I ♥',
}).then(documentReference => {
    console.log("initial public list created");
    return null;
  }).catch(error => {
    console.error('Error creating initial list', error);
    process.exit(1);
});

});