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)

01a0f1a4-f064-72de-8e46-76ce50090767
01a0f1a4-f064-74e2-88b9-21a664654c5c
01a0f1a4-f064-7625-a0c6-6881a8608b0f
01a0f1a4-f064-7748-9a51-27717c2a1b45
01a0f1a4-f064-786b-adda-d56dc8076c39
01a0f1a4-f064-7986-a04f-1d4c41b4bb52
01a0f1a4-f064-7aa0-b0bb-fb4255536e25
01a0f1a4-f064-7bbb-a35a-9054a54bca6f
01a0f1a4-f064-7cd5-9d09-48298e4ac6b3
01a0f1a4-f064-7dec-8e25-56ca9f41ef77
01a0f1a4-f064-7f07-abc1-9751aa102640
01a0f1a4-f065-7021-8172-b05949b0d42f
01a0f1a4-f065-713c-bb4f-734f5c6143f5
01a0f1a4-f065-7257-ac67-fed8af4418ba
01a0f1a4-f065-7371-8b7c-3a39df0c8ed3

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)

1f1bcb14-e6fb-66d4-9d29-4cf95d479851
1f1bcb14-e6fb-68be-9d29-4cf95d479851
1f1bcb14-e6fb-69a4-9d29-4cf95d479851
1f1bcb14-e6fb-6a80-9d29-4cf95d479851
1f1bcb14-e6fb-6b48-9d29-4cf95d479851
1f1bcb14-e6fb-6c1a-9d29-4cf95d479851
1f1bcb14-e6fb-6ce2-9d29-4cf95d479851
1f1bcb14-e6fb-6daa-9d29-4cf95d479851
1f1bcb14-e6fb-6e72-9d29-4cf95d479851
1f1bcb14-e6fb-6f30-9d29-4cf95d479851
1f1bcb14-e6fc-607a-9d29-4cf95d479851
1f1bcb14-e6fc-614c-9d29-4cf95d479851
1f1bcb14-e6fc-6214-9d29-4cf95d479851
1f1bcb14-e6fc-62d2-9d29-4cf95d479851
1f1bcb14-e6fc-639a-9d29-4cf95d479851

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)

4e6fc46c-bcb1-11f1-9d29-4cf95d479851
4e6fc4d0-bcb1-11f1-9d29-4cf95d479851
4e6fc534-bcb1-11f1-9d29-4cf95d479851
4e6fc58e-bcb1-11f1-9d29-4cf95d479851
4e6fc5f2-bcb1-11f1-9d29-4cf95d479851
4e6fc64c-bcb1-11f1-9d29-4cf95d479851
4e6fc6a6-bcb1-11f1-9d29-4cf95d479851
4e6fc70a-bcb1-11f1-9d29-4cf95d479851
4e6fc76e-bcb1-11f1-9d29-4cf95d479851
4e6fc7c8-bcb1-11f1-9d29-4cf95d479851
4e6fc836-bcb1-11f1-9d29-4cf95d479851
4e6fc89a-bcb1-11f1-9d29-4cf95d479851
4e6fc8f4-bcb1-11f1-9d29-4cf95d479851
4e6fc958-bcb1-11f1-9d29-4cf95d479851
4e6fc9bc-bcb1-11f1-9d29-4cf95d479851

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)

91bea321-3902-8111-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
67c4a421-3902-8111-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
e804a521-3902-8111-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
4158a621-3902-8111-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
b6d6a721-3902-8111-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
7149a821-3902-8111-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
3000a921-3902-8111-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
346caa21-3902-8111-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
4d51ab21-3902-8111-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
545fac21-3902-8111-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
998bad21-3902-8111-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
b5e5ae21-3902-8111-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
53ccaf21-3902-8111-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
1624b021-3902-8111-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
e6c0b121-3902-8111-87ea-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)

4067c518-3f45-411a-b788-1627d39ffff3
897e9a96-d3f0-4f55-9184-d6a935643e4b
31e05112-2de2-4ff5-b343-27b8e1de59f2
44bd8569-cfe0-4f1c-8950-360960e7c456
98a051c0-e5a4-45db-b48f-b9eb9bc61ac8
eafbdd2a-ca46-4ddf-9b56-0221dd98a8a6
55f7eb40-e762-48f6-bc12-aed85560d3c4
7dfa037e-a155-4273-9384-dd11d2ccb8f6
5a23d46e-28ad-4e63-af8b-d38164374338
4c85c420-81f6-4972-a6ba-4efdff926454
13bbddd2-7088-4e7f-a709-29d0fc6ceda7
804dcf16-a1fc-4f7d-bf82-57c1ba8f58f4
2efe812e-adcb-4c90-8915-3b4a7b0c030e
f63aed44-c255-4ccc-b588-8bbbe49311f6
beeeccc8-aa86-43de-a8dc-c2ffb2f9bd06

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: