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)

019ceb97-2f1d-78ea-90bb-e58f6fc0b1d9
019ceb97-2f1d-7a73-9ae0-750744341615
019ceb97-2f1d-7baf-9fee-1c9479f2a99e
019ceb97-2f1d-7cd1-80ac-d70b41b5913b
019ceb97-2f1d-7dec-b24f-764062a31810
019ceb97-2f1d-7f03-9bd1-aecd93ae27c3
019ceb97-2f1e-701d-aa17-56def295c306
019ceb97-2f1e-713c-9e4c-9ce92767b9a8
019ceb97-2f1e-7257-8866-7ee527211e1d
019ceb97-2f1e-736d-b2f0-44950be8719b
019ceb97-2f1e-7484-85f4-f94f8596108e
019ceb97-2f1e-759a-a61b-4d162f1953c9
019ceb97-2f1e-76b5-9406-71190ceab476
019ceb97-2f1e-77cb-9651-12ecd8c6b070
019ceb97-2f1e-78e6-ae5e-6acfdcc2928a

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)

1f11f84d-521d-6d62-967e-4cf95d479851
1f11f84d-521d-6ef2-967e-4cf95d479851
1f11f84d-521d-6fd8-967e-4cf95d479851
1f11f84d-521e-60aa-967e-4cf95d479851
1f11f84d-521e-6172-967e-4cf95d479851
1f11f84d-521e-6230-967e-4cf95d479851
1f11f84d-521e-62ee-967e-4cf95d479851
1f11f84d-521e-63b6-967e-4cf95d479851
1f11f84d-521e-647e-967e-4cf95d479851
1f11f84d-521e-653c-967e-4cf95d479851
1f11f84d-521e-674e-967e-4cf95d479851
1f11f84d-521e-683e-967e-4cf95d479851
1f11f84d-521e-68fc-967e-4cf95d479851
1f11f84d-521e-69ba-967e-4cf95d479851
1f11f84d-521e-6a78-967e-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)

50cd8bc8-a5ee-445b-b93d-373befae8fe1
0c30100c-b6d7-4f83-862c-a98717497695
d0dc3d85-8337-4a20-9856-d12d8ab63f06
dcbc4773-7e56-44b0-8e61-a5d726500735
4009841d-49b7-480e-b269-0c59ffbefe77
61f4a9fc-58dc-40c4-9580-7bc9594d2685
f11e2997-0180-472c-9b6d-9ee9f0143eb9
5332cb51-6222-47d0-861c-4c2e5a451ae4
27d5b371-ecdd-44b5-90b0-a66ffbfc367a
f1519650-ab0d-4154-8e2d-71dfb1c49496
d2c30301-5e6d-433a-b39b-b383218a8bd1
42da2343-e0df-41a3-8ce6-eeb2e9ed2e23
cf733e20-cf09-439e-ae90-58568737f91b
30144041-3ea9-4a8b-852d-9608c10ca943
6e74f49d-3294-4429-8bb4-7154bdeec1e4

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)

d521ef96-1f84-11f1-967e-4cf95d479851
d521f004-1f84-11f1-967e-4cf95d479851
d521f068-1f84-11f1-967e-4cf95d479851
d521f0cc-1f84-11f1-967e-4cf95d479851
d521f13a-1f84-11f1-967e-4cf95d479851
d521f194-1f84-11f1-967e-4cf95d479851
d521f1f8-1f84-11f1-967e-4cf95d479851
d521f252-1f84-11f1-967e-4cf95d479851
d521f2b6-1f84-11f1-967e-4cf95d479851
d521f31a-1f84-11f1-967e-4cf95d479851
d521f37e-1f84-11f1-967e-4cf95d479851
d521f3e2-1f84-11f1-967e-4cf95d479851
d521f446-1f84-11f1-967e-4cf95d479851
d521f4a0-1f84-11f1-967e-4cf95d479851
d521f504-1f84-11f1-967e-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)

9f57b527-2102-8904-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
311fb727-2102-8904-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
4700b827-2102-8904-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
a5c1b927-2102-8904-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
d49bba27-2102-8904-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
628dbb27-2102-8904-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
50aabc27-2102-8904-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
9dc6bd27-2102-8904-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
d6adbe27-2102-8904-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
7fc4bf27-2102-8904-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
7e43c027-2102-8904-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
082cc127-2102-8904-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
a2e0c227-2102-8904-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
ab86c327-2102-8904-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
6a0dc427-2102-8904-87ea-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: