UUID & MAC Utils by Daniel Marschall

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Overview

• Generate random and/or time-based UUIDs
  • New: Generate Unix Epoch time-based (version 7) UUID
  • New: Generate reordered Gregorian time-based (version 6) UUID
  • Generate random (version 4) UUID
  • Generate Gregorian time-based (version 1) UUID
  • New: Generate SQL Server sortable time-based (version 8) 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)

019bc5ad-19a8-7663-b8a2-024077cfbdb2
019bc5ad-19a8-7819-b3eb-1b4f2b01700c
019bc5ad-19a8-7903-8d9d-9195c1d2caa3
019bc5ad-19a8-7a2e-90c7-565f6a56024f
019bc5ad-19a8-7b50-ac78-b60cfcc36b75
019bc5ad-19a8-7c6b-97a0-56cb4418f21f
019bc5ad-19a8-7d8a-884a-5bf01abd7609
019bc5ad-19a8-7ea8-afa0-e3a4f75a0a65
019bc5ad-19a8-7fc3-86f6-ee7f548317a4
019bc5ad-19a9-70e2-b943-94d3f0dd9bb5
019bc5ad-19a9-7201-9da2-694264665937
019bc5ad-19a9-731b-9b73-c33029743d7c
019bc5ad-19a9-743a-a65b-a241589c2152
019bc5ad-19a9-7559-accf-ca95cb301bbf
019bc5ad-19a9-7677-88a7-2051bd32b54c

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)

1f0f2abc-d3ba-6eb2-a3c7-4cf95d479851
1f0f2abc-d3bb-6056-a3c7-4cf95d479851
1f0f2abc-d3bb-615a-a3c7-4cf95d479851
1f0f2abc-d3bb-6240-a3c7-4cf95d479851
1f0f2abc-d3bb-631c-a3c7-4cf95d479851
1f0f2abc-d3bb-63f8-a3c7-4cf95d479851
1f0f2abc-d3bb-64d4-a3c7-4cf95d479851
1f0f2abc-d3bb-65b0-a3c7-4cf95d479851
1f0f2abc-d3bb-668c-a3c7-4cf95d479851
1f0f2abc-d3bb-675e-a3c7-4cf95d479851
1f0f2abc-d3bb-68d0-a3c7-4cf95d479851
1f0f2abc-d3bb-69b6-a3c7-4cf95d479851
1f0f2abc-d3bb-6a92-a3c7-4cf95d479851
1f0f2abc-d3bb-6b6e-a3c7-4cf95d479851
1f0f2abc-d3bb-6c40-a3c7-4cf95d479851

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)

5659cc5c-594a-4a6c-81bc-6031e7d9386d
af988549-212e-4a1c-878a-5696b815eb8c
ee036a6e-73f4-45bc-9546-00643cec7f99
be407355-4564-4a7f-97f5-cb138fff8c7d
24915574-a512-436b-b5ec-9c84a15204ab
e06c6334-0e09-4173-856e-f9fcfb6aeb08
3ba735e8-c5e6-45e1-b16d-8b2e5b24069f
1a68dff0-3377-465f-bbb7-44f1204c2181
530ba723-6254-4f5b-9bcc-c9819cc513ed
2f9daf83-caa9-4355-8c16-f98ca561c64b
8dd66b29-329a-432f-aa8b-43f902463dc2
014f5ffd-58bd-41fb-8cd3-be01dc808237
0d7068e9-55c1-4554-aeb3-0fad408924ea
a7772a45-eeae-4e3c-bf63-5a8b1525daaf
09169b6a-df55-4712-afc1-418659686924

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)

cd3bc172-f2ab-11f0-a3c7-4cf95d479851
cd3bc1e0-f2ab-11f0-a3c7-4cf95d479851
cd3bc244-f2ab-11f0-a3c7-4cf95d479851
cd3bc2a8-f2ab-11f0-a3c7-4cf95d479851
cd3bc30c-f2ab-11f0-a3c7-4cf95d479851
cd3bc366-f2ab-11f0-a3c7-4cf95d479851
cd3bc3de-f2ab-11f0-a3c7-4cf95d479851
cd3bc44c-f2ab-11f0-a3c7-4cf95d479851
cd3bc4b0-f2ab-11f0-a3c7-4cf95d479851
cd3bc51e-f2ab-11f0-a3c7-4cf95d479851
cd3bc582-f2ab-11f0-a3c7-4cf95d479851
cd3bc5e6-f2ab-11f0-a3c7-4cf95d479851
cd3bc640-f2ab-11f0-a3c7-4cf95d479851
cd3bc6a4-f2ab-11f0-a3c7-4cf95d479851
cd3bc6fe-f2ab-11f0-a3c7-4cf95d479851

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)
-  2 bit UUID Variant (0b10)
-  2 bit Unused (must be zero)
- 12 bit UTC Year (hex encoded)
- 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) = WRONG!!!
-  2 bit UUID Variant (0b10)
-  2 bit Unused (must be zero)
- 12 bit UTC Year (hex encoded)
- 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)

1f48810e-b901-8001-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
8a6e820e-b901-8001-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
0c48830e-b901-8001-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
ec73840e-b901-8001-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
6d6a850e-b901-8001-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
54f0860e-b901-8001-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
b992870e-b901-8001-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
3249880e-b901-8001-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
8b9e890e-b901-8001-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
f6a38a0e-b901-8001-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
51658b0e-b901-8001-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
54d18d0e-b901-8001-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
28ac8e0e-b901-8001-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
12528f0e-b901-8001-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
5ae7900e-b901-8001-87ea-5ce32bd83b97

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: