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)

019cacc9-975d-74bd-a980-67fa03ea8c0c
019cacc9-975d-7694-a21b-5a7dafbc5e5c
019cacc9-975d-780d-a5cf-a6cf99ed4ee4
019cacc9-975d-7965-987d-8d57d4cc7117
019cacc9-975d-7ab9-a6ec-26721aee897c
019cacc9-975d-7c09-bfb1-c970985c62af
019cacc9-975d-7d5d-bf6e-db6df2b2be99
019cacc9-975d-7ead-ab5a-475d49008932
019cacc9-975d-7ffc-bbe7-8ac84dafaf9a
019cacc9-975e-7148-ad4a-49a756609871
019cacc9-975e-7290-a2aa-a6be0c9bb561
019cacc9-975e-73e4-99c4-85a9eae7716f
019cacc9-975e-7530-b57a-6813f908a684
019cacc9-975e-767f-9d0b-99df04f3885c
019cacc9-975e-77cf-8858-cdc9e0ae3c11

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)

1f115ef9-62a1-6f96-8199-4cf95d479851
1f115ef9-62a2-61ee-8199-4cf95d479851
1f115ef9-62a2-637e-8199-4cf95d479851
1f115ef9-62a2-64f0-8199-4cf95d479851
1f115ef9-62a2-6662-8199-4cf95d479851
1f115ef9-62a2-67ca-8199-4cf95d479851
1f115ef9-62a2-6928-8199-4cf95d479851
1f115ef9-62a2-6a90-8199-4cf95d479851
1f115ef9-62a2-6bf8-8199-4cf95d479851
1f115ef9-62a2-6d60-8199-4cf95d479851
1f115ef9-62a2-6f5e-8199-4cf95d479851
1f115ef9-62a3-60d0-8199-4cf95d479851
1f115ef9-62a3-6238-8199-4cf95d479851
1f115ef9-62a3-63aa-8199-4cf95d479851
1f115ef9-62a3-6508-8199-4cf95d479851

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)

8385dd79-5786-4210-a91e-4be4daae1617
d6714e21-ddad-4a07-bc88-69ab25ff7bd3
8d363758-d853-4015-973f-f7734e194ea9
94deedad-1cfb-4760-ab42-c18cb63051e3
4732a0df-aeb4-4576-9085-da5b1335b4e2
b2b4f4c3-0e78-43c2-abb5-c38945ebb398
70ab5efd-8a4f-488b-bb43-fa246f553159
c280a50a-150b-4efe-81a1-2e8adf7c1d61
e1e07068-4d33-423a-b7e3-06f2a29aec91
b346bfc5-0b95-44e3-947e-8fd224d2acc1
f404399e-5bf5-4e9e-8051-231e16479ed9
14dbef4a-9d18-4387-9809-5d31709f6766
80d8be9e-c904-45c9-9293-e048b315e726
45b23567-ae66-45f9-a82a-2f084a77961f
b0793d21-a13d-4f3f-bcac-22fb66d3cfd3

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)

962a3c2e-15ef-11f1-8199-4cf95d479851
962a3cce-15ef-11f1-8199-4cf95d479851
962a3d6e-15ef-11f1-8199-4cf95d479851
962a3e18-15ef-11f1-8199-4cf95d479851
962a3eb8-15ef-11f1-8199-4cf95d479851
962a3f62-15ef-11f1-8199-4cf95d479851
962a4002-15ef-11f1-8199-4cf95d479851
962a4098-15ef-11f1-8199-4cf95d479851
962a4138-15ef-11f1-8199-4cf95d479851
962a41d8-15ef-11f1-8199-4cf95d479851
962a426e-15ef-11f1-8199-4cf95d479851
962a4318-15ef-11f1-8199-4cf95d479851
962a43b8-15ef-11f1-8199-4cf95d479851
962a4462-15ef-11f1-8199-4cf95d479851
962a4502-15ef-11f1-8199-4cf95d479851

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)

c62e9726-0801-8d03-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
c9b39826-0801-8d03-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
acba9926-0801-8d03-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
25549a26-0801-8d03-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
32709b26-0801-8d03-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
f5039c26-0801-8d03-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
5b989d26-0801-8d03-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
1bd99e26-0801-8d03-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
025b9f26-0801-8d03-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
c6fca026-0801-8d03-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
b1c1a126-0801-8d03-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
83f9a226-0801-8d03-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
d21fa326-0801-8d03-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
eeaca426-0801-8d03-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
c1b7a526-0801-8d03-87ea-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: