UUID & MAC Utils by Daniel Marschall

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Overview

• Generate time-based UUIDs
  • New: Generate Unix Epoch time-based (version 7) UUID
  • New: Generate reordered Gregorian time-based (version 6) UUID
  • Generate Gregorian time-based (version 1) UUID
  • New: Generate SQL Server sortable time-based (version 8) UUID
• Generate random UUIDs
  • Generate random (version 4) UUID
• Generate other UUID types
  • NCS (variant 0) UUID
  • Generate DCE Security (version 2) UUID
  • Generate name-based (version 3 / 5 / New: 8) UUID
  • New: Generate Custom (version 8) UUID
• Interpret a UUID
• Interpret a MAC address (MAC / EUI / ELI / SAI / AAI)
  • Generate an AAI

Generate random and/or time-based UUIDs

New: Generate Unix Epoch time-based (version 7) UUID ⭐

A UUIDv7 measures time in the Unix Epoch with an accuracy between 1ms and 245ns, depending on how many bits are spent for the timestamp (48-60 bits). The rest of the UUID (62-74 bits) is filled with random data. The timestamp is at the front of the UUID, therefore the UUIDs are monotonically increasing, which is good for using them in database indexes. Since this UUID version does not contain a MAC address, it is also recommended due to the improved privacy.

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Variant 1, Version 7 UUID:
- 48 bit Unix Time in milliseconds
-  4 bit Version (fix 0x7)
- 12 bit Data
-  2 bit Variant (fix 0b10)
- 62 bit Data

Structure of data (74 bits):
- OPTIONAL : Sub-millisecond timestamp fraction (0-12 bits)
- OPTIONAL : Carefully seeded counter
- Random generated bits for any remaining space

Time resolution for various sub-millisecond bits:
0 bits fraction = 1 ms
1 bits fraction = 500 µs
2 bits fraction = 250 µs
3 bits fraction = 125 µs
4 bits fraction = 62.5 µs
5 bits fraction = 31.25 µs
6 bits fraction = 15.625 µs
7 bits fraction = 7.8125 µs
8 bits fraction = 3.90625 µs
9 bits fraction = 1.953125 µs
10 bits fraction = 976.5625 ns
11 bits fraction = 488.28125 ns
12 bits fraction = 244.140625 ns

This implementation outputs:
- 12 bits sub-millisecond timestamp (~245ns resolution)
- no counter
- 62 bits random data

Here are 15 UUIDs that were created just for you! (Reload the page to get more)

01a05f4e-3b1d-7ead-92b6-69dbd0e489b0
01a05f4e-3b1e-7130-9950-bf225b5a899f
01a05f4e-3b1e-72c5-b323-78739ba8790e
01a05f4e-3b1e-742e-9541-008d79c3455e
01a05f4e-3b1e-758e-90ba-bdd2cca6cfe9
01a05f4e-3b1e-76e6-8ba8-b614a29dcf15
01a05f4e-3b1e-7846-97a6-b80a27bcbf37
01a05f4e-3b1e-799e-83a5-41b94dfdcd29
01a05f4e-3b1e-7b0b-ab6f-204fabe86057
01a05f4e-3b1e-7c63-a992-0d36fc362625
01a05f4e-3b1e-7dbb-a840-bdeb93ac58dd
01a05f4e-3b1e-7f17-8257-3db6d833cb5f
01a05f4e-3b1f-706b-8ecc-f8be2cce20cd
01a05f4e-3b1f-71c3-a10f-773885e2ea81
01a05f4e-3b1f-731f-96ff-19c09bc5f9d9

New: Generate reordered Gregorian time-based (version 6) UUID ⏰

Like UUIDv1, this kind of UUID is made of the MAC address of the generating computer, the time, and a clock sequence. However, the components in UUIDv6 are reordered (time is at the beginning), so that UUIDs are monotonically increasing, which is good for using them in database indexes.

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Variant 1, Version 6 UUID:
- 48 bit High Time
-  4 bit Version (fix 0x6)
- 12 bit Low Time
-  2 bit Variant (fix 0b10)
-  6 bit Clock Sequence High
-  8 bit Clock Sequence Low
- 48 bit MAC Address

Here are 15 UUIDs that were created just for you! (Reload the page to get more)

1f1a65cf-366b-6b6c-bd88-4cf95d479851
1f1a65cf-366b-6e6e-bd88-4cf95d479851
1f1a65cf-366c-603a-bd88-4cf95d479851
1f1a65cf-366c-61ca-bd88-4cf95d479851
1f1a65cf-366c-635a-bd88-4cf95d479851
1f1a65cf-366c-64cc-bd88-4cf95d479851
1f1a65cf-366c-6652-bd88-4cf95d479851
1f1a65cf-366c-67ce-bd88-4cf95d479851
1f1a65cf-366c-694a-bd88-4cf95d479851
1f1a65cf-366c-6ad0-bd88-4cf95d479851
1f1a65cf-366c-6d46-bd88-4cf95d479851
1f1a65cf-366c-6ec2-bd88-4cf95d479851
1f1a65cf-366d-602a-bd88-4cf95d479851
1f1a65cf-366d-6192-bd88-4cf95d479851
1f1a65cf-366d-6304-bd88-4cf95d479851

Generate Gregorian time-based (version 1) UUID ⏰

A UUIDv1 is made of the MAC address of the generating computer, the time, and a clock sequence.

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Variant 1, Version 1 UUID:
- 32 bit Low Time
- 16 bit Mid Time
-  4 bit Version (fix 0x1)
- 12 bit High Time
-  2 bit Variant (fix 0b10)
-  6 bit Clock Sequence High
-  8 bit Clock Sequence Low
- 48 bit MAC Address

Here are 15 UUIDs that were created just for you! (Reload the page to get more)

f366d4b2-a65c-11f1-bd88-4cf95d479851
f366d552-a65c-11f1-bd88-4cf95d479851
f366d5f2-a65c-11f1-bd88-4cf95d479851
f366d692-a65c-11f1-bd88-4cf95d479851
f366d732-a65c-11f1-bd88-4cf95d479851
f366d7d2-a65c-11f1-bd88-4cf95d479851
f366d886-a65c-11f1-bd88-4cf95d479851
f366d930-a65c-11f1-bd88-4cf95d479851
f366d9da-a65c-11f1-bd88-4cf95d479851
f366da7a-a65c-11f1-bd88-4cf95d479851
f366db24-a65c-11f1-bd88-4cf95d479851
f366dbc4-a65c-11f1-bd88-4cf95d479851
f366dc64-a65c-11f1-bd88-4cf95d479851
f366dcfa-a65c-11f1-bd88-4cf95d479851
f366ddae-a65c-11f1-bd88-4cf95d479851

Generate SQL Server sortable time-based (version 8) UUID

The sorting of UUIDs in SQL Server is rather confusing and incompatible with UUIDv6 and UUIDv7.
Therefore this method developed by HickelSOFT generates UUIDs which are sortable by SQL Server.
They have a time resolution of 1 milliseconds combined with 16 bits of random data.
C# implementation | PHP implementation

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Version 3: Resolution of 1 milliseconds, random part of 16 bits, UTC time, 48 bit random "signature", UUIDv8 compliant:
- 16 bit Random data
-  8 bit UTC Milliseconds transformed from 1000ms to 0..255, deviation -2ms..2ms (hex encoded)
-  8 bit UTC Seconds (hex encoded)
- 16 bit UTC Minute of the day (1..1440, hex encoded) LITTLE ENDIAN (CD AB = 0xABCD)
-  4 bit UUID version 8
- 12 bit UTC Day of the year (1..366, hex encoded) LITTLE ENDIAN (8C AB = 0xABC, whereas 8 is the version)
-  2 bit UUID Variant (0b10)
-  2 bit Unused (must be zero)
- 12 bit UTC Year (hex encoded) BIG ENDIAN
- 48 bit Signature 0x5ce32bd83b97

Version 2: Resolution of 1 milliseconds, random part of 16 bits, UTC time, 48 bit random "signature", UUIDv8 compliant:
- 16 bit Random data
-  8 bit UTC Milliseconds transformed from 1000ms to 0..255, deviation -2ms..2ms (hex encoded)
-  8 bit UTC Seconds (hex encoded)
- 16 bit UTC Minute of the day (1..1440, hex encoded) BIG ENDIAN (AB CD = 0xABCD) = WRONG!!!
-  4 bit UUID version 8
- 12 bit UTC Day of the year (1..366, hex encoded) BIG ENDIAN (8A BC = 0xABC, whereas 8 is the version) = WRONG!!!
-  2 bit UUID Variant (0b10)
-  2 bit Unused (must be zero)
- 12 bit UTC Year (hex encoded) BIG ENDIAN
- 48 bit Signature 0x5ce32bd83b96

Version 1: Resolution of 1 milliseconds, random part of 16 bits, local timezone, 48 zero bits "signature", *NOT* UUIDv8 compliant:
- 16 bit Random data
-  8 bit Generator's local timezone Milliseconds transformed from 1000ms to 0..255, deviation -4ms..0ms (hex encoded)
-  8 bit Generator's local timezone Seconds (BCD encoded)
-  8 bit Generator's local timezone Minute (BCD encoded)
-  8 bit Generator's local timezone Hour (BCD encoded)
-  8 bit Generator's local timezone Day (BCD encoded)
-  8 bit Generator's local timezone Month (BCD encoded)
-  8 bit Generator's local timezone 2-digit year (BCD encoded)
-  8 bit Generator's local timezone 2-digit century (BCD encoded)
- 48 bit Signature 0x000000000000

Here are 15 UUIDs that were created just for you! (Reload the page to get more)

45fa9911-8205-840f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
99409a11-8205-840f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
1b009b11-8205-840f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
d2b39c11-8205-840f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
a5769d11-8205-840f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
8ac59f11-8205-840f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
1a06a011-8205-840f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
fb6ba111-8205-840f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
e4b1a211-8205-840f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
a20ca311-8205-840f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
6c6ea411-8205-840f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
5a71a511-8205-840f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
3d5ba611-8205-840f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
8a35a711-8205-840f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
1406a811-8205-840f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97

Generate random (version 4) UUID 🎲

A UUIDv4 is made of 122 random bits. No other information is encoded in this kind of UUID.

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Variant 1, Version 4 UUID:
- 48 bit Random High
-  4 bit Version (fix 0x4)
- 12 bit Random Mid
-  2 bit Variant (fix 0b10)
- 62 bit Random Low

Here are 15 UUIDs that were created just for you! (Reload the page to get more)

535a5b54-f26b-40b9-9fc8-7db90943d78b
f2c44d85-a969-4f6b-884a-7fa09246fa8c
48bed936-4023-4723-938f-1f9da8c89f21
8eca4249-6a08-4e83-a529-5c0c1249e47a
f1b4753e-2694-4917-99af-4db9e920457e
90519841-425b-4ea3-8b3d-100763db3312
458ef579-feaa-4a00-981c-801efb48d716
1075bc00-429e-4fb4-9d77-5bf074e11104
6feeb167-c963-4818-916e-32e30c694e31
142cdee3-dc95-4c24-aed2-fd56b0ec29bf
cb826e31-4c29-4759-8c31-2cdb741ae15e
90d451df-5795-492e-b526-c749c2d8ff2f
feaf719e-af96-43db-ae71-5936037ac484
a0b78d21-27d8-4108-9fcd-4dc82075a149
614084df-270d-43a6-8abd-d30aa3cc9c7a

Generate other UUID types

The following types of UUIDs are less common and/or require special knowledge. Please only use the following generators if you know what you are doing.

NCS (variant 0) UUID

The NCS UUIDs are a legacy format initially designed by Apollo Computer that cannot be generated anymore, because the amount of available timestamp bits was exhausted on 5 September 2015. As an example, here is the last possible NCS UUID (all bits of the timestamp are set to 1) for IP address 127.0.0.1: ffffffff-ffff-0000-027f-000001000000.

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Variant 0 UUID:
- 32 bit High Time
- 16 bit Low Time
- 16 bit Reserved
-  1 bit Variant (fix 0b0)
-  7 bit Family
- 56 bit Node

Generate DCE Security (version 2) UUID

A UUIDv2 contains information about the creator (person, group, or organization), the generating system (MAC address), and time. The creator information replaced parts of the time bits, therefore the time resolution is very low.

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Variant 1, Version 2 UUID:
- 32 bit Local Domain Number
- 16 bit Mid Time
-  4 bit Version (fix 0x2)
- 12 bit High Time
-  2 bit Variant (fix 0b10)
-  6 bit Clock Sequence
-  8 bit Local Domain
- 48 bit MAC Address

Generate name-based (version 3 / 5 / New: 8) UUID

A UUIDv3 is made out of a MD5 hash and a UUIDv5 is made out of a SHA1 hash. RFC 9562 also contains an example for a custom UUIDv8 implementation that uses modern hash algorithms.

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Variant 1, Version 3/5/8 UUID:
- 48 bit Hash High
-  4 bit Version (fix 0x3, 0x5, or 0x8)
- 12 bit Hash Mid
-  2 bit Variant (fix 0b10)
- 62 bit Hash Low


As shown in RFC 9562 Appendix B.2:
UUIDv8(HashAlgo, NameSpaceUuid, Data) := ConvertRawBytesToUuid_v8(HashAlgo( Binary[NameSpaceUuid] || Data )).

New: Generate Custom (version 8) UUID

UUIDv8 is made of 122 bits application-specific / custom data. The other 6 bits are used to specify the variant and version of the UUID, to make it RFC-compatible.

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Variant 1, Version 8 UUID:
- 48 bit Custom data [Block 1+2]
-  4 bit Version (fix 0x8)
- 12 bit Custom data [Block 3]
-  2 bit Variant (fix 0b10)
- 62 bit Custom data [Block 4+5]

Interpret a UUID

You can enter a UUID in the following notations:

• Classic notation (case insensitive, curly braces optional): 9e83839a-5967-11e4-8c1c-78e3b5fc7f22
• As OID: 2.25.210700883446948645633376489934419689250

The script will output:

• Notation as UUID and OID
• Version, variant, and additional data (date and time, clock sequence, node id, etc.)

Please enter a UUID or UUID OID:

Interpret a MAC address (MAC / EUI / ELI / SAI / AAI)

You can enter a UUID in the following notations:

• AA-BB-CC-DD-EE-FF
• AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF
• AABBCC.DDEEFF (case insensitive)
• AA-BB-CC-DD-EE-FF-11-22 (EUI-64)
• AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF-11-22 (EUI-64)
• fe80::1322:33ff:fe44:5566 (IPv6 Link Local / EUI-64)

The script will output:

• Information about the I/G and U/L flags.
• Information about the entry in the IEEE registry, if available.
• Information about the registrant, if available.

Please enter a MAC (EUI, ELI, SAI, AAI), or IPv6-Link-Local address:

Generate an AAI

An Administratively Assigned Identifier (AAI) is a MAC address which can be locally defined by applications or an administrator. Unlike the EUI, an AAI is NOT worldwide unique.

The following options are rather unusual, but are implemented for the sake of completeness: