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)

019ca79f-ac20-75d3-adf7-3e7bdafcdff1
019ca79f-ac20-7786-ab3c-3ffda2bac188
019ca79f-ac20-78c5-abc9-2d2bbd7f3414
019ca79f-ac20-79e4-a835-38bc3de5a24d
019ca79f-ac20-7afe-a3a9-9431765fd063
019ca79f-ac20-7c15-ae1d-ade5206e7ff6
019ca79f-ac20-7d34-9273-df7a784c7694
019ca79f-ac20-7e4a-a010-bc35e71b085c
019ca79f-ac20-7f65-8eb7-54c70d7f3d94
019ca79f-ac21-707b-906d-d47ccfb151eb
019ca79f-ac21-7196-9488-fba7b13c27f7
019ca79f-ac21-72ad-8bf3-342ccef7a50a
019ca79f-ac21-73c7-9ddc-8a5cc7ab5d23
019ca79f-ac21-74de-8f69-37b4ee39a746
019ca79f-ac21-75f8-8175-28b9010d5d48

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)

1f11525e-0b51-6c16-8361-4cf95d479851
1f11525e-0b51-6de2-8361-4cf95d479851
1f11525e-0b51-6edc-8361-4cf95d479851
1f11525e-0b51-6fc2-8361-4cf95d479851
1f11525e-0b52-608a-8361-4cf95d479851
1f11525e-0b52-615c-8361-4cf95d479851
1f11525e-0b52-6224-8361-4cf95d479851
1f11525e-0b52-62ec-8361-4cf95d479851
1f11525e-0b52-63b4-8361-4cf95d479851
1f11525e-0b52-647c-8361-4cf95d479851
1f11525e-0b52-665c-8361-4cf95d479851
1f11525e-0b52-6738-8361-4cf95d479851
1f11525e-0b52-680a-8361-4cf95d479851
1f11525e-0b52-68c8-8361-4cf95d479851
1f11525e-0b52-6990-8361-4cf95d479851

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)

312f8779-dcb2-4123-89ef-14cdd548ef84
7d62ecc0-da03-4b8d-a03e-1f525ced9a8c
b0c2a7c5-e6ff-42cd-8858-a496a4379651
4eb9dc87-0203-494e-862a-375b44b80ca1
a131d449-2298-45e3-a726-3922d9f2bd7e
9d125556-2354-4bfb-adde-cb06811578a7
656a2aff-90c2-4d1e-a3b6-b08a2888358d
0603ec4f-e76e-4ffd-ba39-a58c85a8fb9c
b19a76ee-8f87-4794-b757-425b61afec03
1e815cc6-72ed-41a2-bbb3-e796d8d7f32d
8612fe68-94fb-4ea2-98c0-3aaa2a166201
51072290-4cfb-4e8c-94ad-686fb520c04a
615b64b6-4503-4f83-b26a-96dd913a42cd
1041e033-c5df-407b-bcf2-f6dd92739f50
616a984a-318e-4be9-9bfb-9190e07f886c

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)

e0b52ee0-1525-11f1-8361-4cf95d479851
e0b52f4e-1525-11f1-8361-4cf95d479851
e0b52fb2-1525-11f1-8361-4cf95d479851
e0b53016-1525-11f1-8361-4cf95d479851
e0b53084-1525-11f1-8361-4cf95d479851
e0b530e8-1525-11f1-8361-4cf95d479851
e0b5314c-1525-11f1-8361-4cf95d479851
e0b531b0-1525-11f1-8361-4cf95d479851
e0b53214-1525-11f1-8361-4cf95d479851
e0b53282-1525-11f1-8361-4cf95d479851
e0b532e6-1525-11f1-8361-4cf95d479851
e0b53354-1525-11f1-8361-4cf95d479851
e0b533c2-1525-11f1-8361-4cf95d479851
e0b53430-1525-11f1-8361-4cf95d479851
e0b53494-1525-11f1-8361-4cf95d479851

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)

46fc502d-0401-8c03-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
e3c0512d-0401-8c03-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
49be522d-0401-8c03-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
8cdc532d-0401-8c03-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
1b03542d-0401-8c03-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
35df552d-0401-8c03-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
13dc562d-0401-8c03-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
d222572d-0401-8c03-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
2fed582d-0401-8c03-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
9e18592d-0401-8c03-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
8f5d5a2d-0401-8c03-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
e9e45c2d-0401-8c03-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
6a885d2d-0401-8c03-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
84925e2d-0401-8c03-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
3cec5f2d-0401-8c03-87ea-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: