def create_timestamp():
    """Create a new timestamp in the database

    Notes
    -----
    Time is represented as "%d.%b.%Y" (e.g., 25.Jul.2019).

    Timestamps are pushed into an array such that index 0 is the latest
    timestamp. A reasonable interpretation of this field, and the use of
    this method, is to obtain the timestamps of when the database was
    last updated.

    Redis command summary
    ---------------------
    LPUSH state:timestamps <current_time>
    """
    import redbiom
    import redbiom._requests
    import datetime
    config = redbiom.get_config()
    post = redbiom._requests.make_post(config)
    fmt = datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%d.%b.%Y')
    post('state', 'LPUSH', 'timestamps/%s' % fmt)
