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)

019b9d77-4855-7825-b921-044bb95547a5
019b9d77-4855-79b3-ba73-ecaea3ef4ed8
019b9d77-4855-7af2-9998-e4db51c89530
019b9d77-4855-7c19-a552-17ac97675f4f
019b9d77-4855-7d5d-b094-3566f3b1b8cf
019b9d77-4855-7ea8-ab81-82765394bf97
019b9d77-4855-700d-917d-10e4c5f22c93
019b9d77-4856-70b9-8d34-ad43c2f2d919
019b9d77-4856-721d-a8cb-dc745652b79c
019b9d77-4856-737d-8ff3-1cc18822b584
019b9d77-4856-74e2-96fa-86bbb9febfb8
019b9d77-4856-762e-8603-0ada48c61238
019b9d77-4856-777d-ad62-6b2878e2ab76
019b9d77-4856-78d5-865e-ba75b1b40087
019b9d77-4856-7a15-8b22-98bfc7fe0e1d

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)

1f0ec891-6faf-6c52-9c15-4cf95d479851
1f0ec891-6faf-6e82-9c15-4cf95d479851
1f0ec891-6faf-6fea-9c15-4cf95d479851
1f0ec891-6fb0-6134-9c15-4cf95d479851
1f0ec891-6fb0-6292-9c15-4cf95d479851
1f0ec891-6fb0-63dc-9c15-4cf95d479851
1f0ec891-6fb0-6526-9c15-4cf95d479851
1f0ec891-6fb0-6670-9c15-4cf95d479851
1f0ec891-6fb0-67b0-9c15-4cf95d479851
1f0ec891-6fb0-68f0-9c15-4cf95d479851
1f0ec891-6fb0-6ad0-9c15-4cf95d479851
1f0ec891-6fb0-6c1a-9c15-4cf95d479851
1f0ec891-6fb0-6d64-9c15-4cf95d479851
1f0ec891-6fb0-6ea4-9c15-4cf95d479851
1f0ec891-6fb0-6fee-9c15-4cf95d479851

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)

0a48488f-7a1f-485a-80db-bfff233a4478
781138d4-342d-4964-8c8e-17a5aa743deb
d9e5d5cb-fcce-4993-9555-a92df09d9bfb
a48327d0-470e-4dc6-b5e1-d5cbe7b60275
988496b7-75f9-4ca9-886e-e837f0e8dca0
967ac4fe-a700-4ee0-ad7f-16f807a2b285
6ed9d3b5-3343-46a9-b62d-fc8beec0bcc7
072b93d1-3688-40e1-991b-b74b628a463d
eea15539-00e0-45ec-a11a-d2d8e46df8fe
98918fd8-e34a-479a-a76a-4a5441ffd4d1
ac3141e3-beff-4e08-a4e4-2db148347dc8
2a7bcbd9-7a88-49a7-800c-45b1b9f8ac7a
db37d5c7-b702-48ee-8289-2e1808f7d3f0
7640bd9b-11a7-442e-a609-d1ea5632c534
427c24fe-17ad-449a-ab31-5d5bf6387229

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)

16fb16d8-ec89-11f0-9c15-4cf95d479851
16fb176e-ec89-11f0-9c15-4cf95d479851
16fb17fa-ec89-11f0-9c15-4cf95d479851
16fb1886-ec89-11f0-9c15-4cf95d479851
16fb191c-ec89-11f0-9c15-4cf95d479851
16fb19a8-ec89-11f0-9c15-4cf95d479851
16fb1a3e-ec89-11f0-9c15-4cf95d479851
16fb1ad4-ec89-11f0-9c15-4cf95d479851
16fb1b6a-ec89-11f0-9c15-4cf95d479851
16fb1c00-ec89-11f0-9c15-4cf95d479851
16fb1c8c-ec89-11f0-9c15-4cf95d479851
16fb1d22-ec89-11f0-9c15-4cf95d479851
16fb1dae-ec89-11f0-9c15-4cf95d479851
16fb1e44-ec89-11f0-9c15-4cf95d479851
16fb1ed0-ec89-11f0-9c15-4cf95d479851

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)
-  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)

6623de26-cd02-8800-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
fb66df26-cd02-8800-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
66ade026-cd02-8800-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
9cace226-cd02-8800-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
d2c9e326-cd02-8800-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
6cbce426-cd02-8800-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
b71fe526-cd02-8800-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
9947e626-cd02-8800-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
40eee726-cd02-8800-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
d28ee826-cd02-8800-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
a6dce926-cd02-8800-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
8c49ea26-cd02-8800-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
81e2eb26-cd02-8800-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
865aec26-cd02-8800-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
2694ed26-cd02-8800-87ea-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: