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)

01a0b4e5-09ea-7c42-a9b1-616dcc512321
01a0b4e5-09ea-7dd3-90c9-451e36d4f867
01a0b4e5-09ea-7f1f-8714-2c1483ff09b4
01a0b4e5-09eb-7046-be52-0402ec65da0b
01a0b4e5-09eb-7169-9552-f914200f080a
01a0b4e5-09eb-7288-88f0-6dc900c36574
01a0b4e5-09eb-73a6-89a0-2c75b4c7b9ef
01a0b4e5-09eb-74c5-8d6d-4a51f3cf720b
01a0b4e5-09eb-75e8-9320-c011ef3deeb2
01a0b4e5-09eb-7707-875c-1227395213b5
01a0b4e5-09eb-7825-a906-c68fd8b99ff0
01a0b4e5-09eb-7944-b08c-d4cc01cf141f
01a0b4e5-09eb-7a63-81a5-128d2c214784
01a0b4e5-09eb-7b82-9d53-378728bb0337
01a0b4e5-09eb-7ca4-88a5-371267847edd

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)

1f1b36c4-654c-6eba-9dbe-4cf95d479851
1f1b36c4-654d-605e-9dbe-4cf95d479851
1f1b36c4-654d-614e-9dbe-4cf95d479851
1f1b36c4-654d-6216-9dbe-4cf95d479851
1f1b36c4-654d-62de-9dbe-4cf95d479851
1f1b36c4-654d-63a6-9dbe-4cf95d479851
1f1b36c4-654d-6464-9dbe-4cf95d479851
1f1b36c4-654d-6522-9dbe-4cf95d479851
1f1b36c4-654d-65e0-9dbe-4cf95d479851
1f1b36c4-654d-669e-9dbe-4cf95d479851
1f1b36c4-654d-67e8-9dbe-4cf95d479851
1f1b36c4-654d-68ba-9dbe-4cf95d479851
1f1b36c4-654d-6978-9dbe-4cf95d479851
1f1b36c4-654d-6a36-9dbe-4cf95d479851
1f1b36c4-654d-6afe-9dbe-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)

4654dbd0-b36c-11f1-9dbe-4cf95d479851
4654dc3e-b36c-11f1-9dbe-4cf95d479851
4654dcac-b36c-11f1-9dbe-4cf95d479851
4654dd10-b36c-11f1-9dbe-4cf95d479851
4654dd74-b36c-11f1-9dbe-4cf95d479851
4654ddce-b36c-11f1-9dbe-4cf95d479851
4654de32-b36c-11f1-9dbe-4cf95d479851
4654dea0-b36c-11f1-9dbe-4cf95d479851
4654df04-b36c-11f1-9dbe-4cf95d479851
4654df68-b36c-11f1-9dbe-4cf95d479851
4654dfcc-b36c-11f1-9dbe-4cf95d479851
4654e030-b36c-11f1-9dbe-4cf95d479851
4654e094-b36c-11f1-9dbe-4cf95d479851
4654e0f8-b36c-11f1-9dbe-4cf95d479851
4654e15c-b36c-11f1-9dbe-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.
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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)

55804d2c-5e03-8510-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
b38a4e2c-5e03-8510-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
07214f2c-5e03-8510-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
ea60502c-5e03-8510-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
d036512c-5e03-8510-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
811d522c-5e03-8510-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
18db532c-5e03-8510-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
f06d542c-5e03-8510-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
b5bb552c-5e03-8510-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
37a7562c-5e03-8510-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
4c8e572c-5e03-8510-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
d4fb582c-5e03-8510-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
f931592c-5e03-8510-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
ea3f5a2c-5e03-8510-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
b77a5b2c-5e03-8510-87ea-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)

4976213d-e6eb-47bf-8922-a11bcb9678fe
5d85e645-58ec-4cf2-934d-cddcc0276271
328ba960-3b4c-4492-8ece-70480c67217b
f0839b54-6262-4585-a992-4132bcdb1d33
a419b4e3-bc9d-4328-af71-c1bb1d440c2b
aad1dc30-179f-4af0-b961-0e23276849ea
5c6ebb41-a4c2-4264-b4c3-e11675d1e1e3
7abfcd86-ec6c-4adb-b85b-ece091aad45b
27ab2fef-b04a-4bf1-b3e6-7ddbd05743a3
804f93a4-442e-46a7-a872-6839e0bb901f
a1c1fcf3-999d-491c-8bc8-3ed02b682af8
b64241ec-80b0-429e-b10e-ec49aef4e331
b69c0c83-84d2-4a63-8c3d-0f9aabe54f97
8fc5cb9a-4932-436a-aebc-3a8d2fc2ff8a
69d5e5b8-27ec-4197-ad2c-bcf336b53732

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: