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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _mark_updated(self):
 """Update the updated timestamp."""

        timestamp = datetime.datetime.utcnow().isoformat()
        DB.set_hash_value(self.key, 'updated', timestamp)