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)

019df63a-2b61-7af2-a7b9-ff03a70b75aa
019df63a-2b61-7d1b-abd1-a36ea3e1f7f4
019df63a-2b61-7e6b-afba-c7010160f4e5
019df63a-2b61-7f92-a0ca-e8a2da3172df
019df63a-2b62-70c1-bc62-2a6aefe7573c
019df63a-2b62-71e8-93c2-48d369751010
019df63a-2b62-7303-8da4-b26a4cd10fa0
019df63a-2b62-7421-a4ba-8b9819bf89ef
019df63a-2b62-753c-886c-8de14320c29c
019df63a-2b62-765b-a5e3-df1424ee4be7
019df63a-2b62-7775-b6fd-d6e3d40a0043
019df63a-2b62-7894-8a8b-2341cb41dd9d
019df63a-2b62-79fc-aeeb-babce18210ee
019df63a-2b62-7b44-a5cd-1815bfbba3fc
019df63a-2b62-7c5f-906f-8c58afd484f7

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)

1f148345-3c00-68ce-8c01-4cf95d479851
1f148345-3c00-6ae0-8c01-4cf95d479851
1f148345-3c00-6bc6-8c01-4cf95d479851
1f148345-3c00-6c98-8c01-4cf95d479851
1f148345-3c00-6d74-8c01-4cf95d479851
1f148345-3c00-6e46-8c01-4cf95d479851
1f148345-3c00-6f0e-8c01-4cf95d479851
1f148345-3c00-6fd6-8c01-4cf95d479851
1f148345-3c01-609e-8c01-4cf95d479851
1f148345-3c01-6166-8c01-4cf95d479851
1f148345-3c01-62e2-8c01-4cf95d479851
1f148345-3c01-63c8-8c01-4cf95d479851
1f148345-3c01-649a-8c01-4cf95d479851
1f148345-3c01-6562-8c01-4cf95d479851
1f148345-3c01-662a-8c01-4cf95d479851

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)

d9ed3572-1f6d-42db-acdc-aa0483ba81c6
2d9784e2-ac9e-4556-86b7-c4c05fb20483
f9f297fb-968a-4be4-970c-bf0ae0f7f528
6a0f1373-cca1-42da-a30a-45a4812cf4a2
07cfb3a3-1dd8-47ce-a6f5-5aad33d9546f
ece605fd-de43-4573-a585-de8701cae9cc
f3888863-f655-4492-8b87-fcd4c3a94de0
8279cfab-4ad3-497f-a297-bd6df1ddde7b
b245658c-04f2-41ca-9987-548be9d35ae5
bf87ef9b-d1f9-4741-8725-5948153d4f1d
85de6afd-b4c6-4917-b854-7cd5feb84644
7d3baef6-c7bc-4cbb-bb27-bdb3d7f00f65
6ef13480-b3b3-43e6-8248-993f273d9419
16e07231-723e-4b98-8e22-e024e5e3130c
70b17eac-c1ab-4b6d-b78e-456a5aaf406a

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)

53c01b5c-4834-11f1-8c01-4cf95d479851
53c01bca-4834-11f1-8c01-4cf95d479851
53c01c2e-4834-11f1-8c01-4cf95d479851
53c01c92-4834-11f1-8c01-4cf95d479851
53c01cf6-4834-11f1-8c01-4cf95d479851
53c01de6-4834-11f1-8c01-4cf95d479851
53c01e5e-4834-11f1-8c01-4cf95d479851
53c01ecc-4834-11f1-8c01-4cf95d479851
53c01f30-4834-11f1-8c01-4cf95d479851
53c01f8a-4834-11f1-8c01-4cf95d479851
53c01fee-4834-11f1-8c01-4cf95d479851
53c02052-4834-11f1-8c01-4cf95d479851
53c020c0-4834-11f1-8c01-4cf95d479851
53c0211a-4834-11f1-8c01-4cf95d479851
53c0217e-4834-11f1-8c01-4cf95d479851

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)

55529428-de00-8d07-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
0eeb9528-de00-8d07-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
e3579628-de00-8d07-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
fe919728-de00-8d07-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
7a1f9828-de00-8d07-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
3d049928-de00-8d07-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
fa649a28-de00-8d07-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
d7839b28-de00-8d07-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
887a9c28-de00-8d07-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
99609d28-de00-8d07-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
50e39e28-de00-8d07-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
d5c29f28-de00-8d07-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
23a4a028-de00-8d07-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
a734a128-de00-8d07-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
c848a228-de00-8d07-87ea-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: