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)

019cd6f0-8fd9-7113-9649-850c37d0bc42
019cd6f0-8fd9-72c5-8a32-1a377669d811
019cd6f0-8fd9-7411-bbb7-69a0559c7072
019cd6f0-8fd9-7534-aeb5-063f9327616e
019cd6f0-8fd9-764e-81a2-13ed87be4631
019cd6f0-8fd9-7769-add8-01fb6ca0ed33
019cd6f0-8fd9-787f-b9eb-13df320b3a1c
019cd6f0-8fd9-7996-affe-1832edcd8e6c
019cd6f0-8fd9-7aad-882f-805d7219a77e
019cd6f0-8fd9-7bc3-b2dc-170729696077
019cd6f0-8fd9-7cda-bff0-e2ca512c2eff
019cd6f0-8fd9-7df4-af7a-1c85f672afee
019cd6f0-8fd9-7f0b-ab1f-93304e85fde8
019cd6f0-8fda-7025-8882-9504e731c2d4
019cd6f0-8fda-713c-a6ee-93379c4fb668

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)

1f11c5e2-8747-6ad0-84e5-4cf95d479851
1f11c5e2-8747-6c88-84e5-4cf95d479851
1f11c5e2-8747-6d78-84e5-4cf95d479851
1f11c5e2-8747-6e4a-84e5-4cf95d479851
1f11c5e2-8747-6f1c-84e5-4cf95d479851
1f11c5e2-8747-6fe4-84e5-4cf95d479851
1f11c5e2-8748-60ac-84e5-4cf95d479851
1f11c5e2-8748-6174-84e5-4cf95d479851
1f11c5e2-8748-6246-84e5-4cf95d479851
1f11c5e2-8748-630e-84e5-4cf95d479851
1f11c5e2-8748-644e-84e5-4cf95d479851
1f11c5e2-8748-6520-84e5-4cf95d479851
1f11c5e2-8748-65e8-84e5-4cf95d479851
1f11c5e2-8748-66a6-84e5-4cf95d479851
1f11c5e2-8748-676e-84e5-4cf95d479851

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)

26b75bed-8e98-4aab-8cfc-a0fc26162801
c9fc8d4e-cb84-44e3-bc5f-f6e0e2fccf62
48596594-92ca-4302-b2cf-a4d00b4ed420
1c4e6a63-765d-4fc0-ac72-a76f5ab8911b
5e2371d1-bea1-4295-94dd-f5cfe3c92a06
b3c93bb6-5bef-43a3-8b85-2b0fa1cc9e8f
88fbf56a-d9d0-40fe-88db-545afabaa1b7
ded5eeff-b16d-4e30-ac9c-6f49dcadf03e
be0cc5f2-06a1-4bea-b215-5d0880c6e90f
4b7f6ab5-1c16-4e09-a01e-e5900d4391d4
68db3dc2-6f11-496a-b16e-84d68222144a
20a2d451-512a-425f-bf7f-f5bff44426b9
64ac8c6f-6160-426c-935b-f66f96476e00
088b3dae-01eb-42e3-84fb-38721056105f
8b8c0167-3095-4fce-8a68-b9db4c943676

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)

28748c96-1c5e-11f1-84e5-4cf95d479851
28748cfa-1c5e-11f1-84e5-4cf95d479851
28748d68-1c5e-11f1-84e5-4cf95d479851
28748dcc-1c5e-11f1-84e5-4cf95d479851
28748e3a-1c5e-11f1-84e5-4cf95d479851
28748e9e-1c5e-11f1-84e5-4cf95d479851
28748f02-1c5e-11f1-84e5-4cf95d479851
28748f5c-1c5e-11f1-84e5-4cf95d479851
28748fca-1c5e-11f1-84e5-4cf95d479851
28749038-1c5e-11f1-84e5-4cf95d479851
287490a6-1c5e-11f1-84e5-4cf95d479851
28749100-1c5e-11f1-84e5-4cf95d479851
28749164-1c5e-11f1-84e5-4cf95d479851
287491d2-1c5e-11f1-84e5-4cf95d479851
28749236-1c5e-11f1-84e5-4cf95d479851

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)

375aa40f-1302-8504-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
a831a50f-1302-8504-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
cba0a60f-1302-8504-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
5798a70f-1302-8504-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
7b3da80f-1302-8504-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
bfb6a90f-1302-8504-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
16c1aa0f-1302-8504-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
abceab0f-1302-8504-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
86a0ac0f-1302-8504-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
97cbad0f-1302-8504-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
139cae0f-1302-8504-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
487caf0f-1302-8504-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
1400b00f-1302-8504-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
2370b10f-1302-8504-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
9b85b20f-1302-8504-87ea-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: