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)

019cc5d8-15c6-711b-b7c4-9584cb05eddc
019cc5d8-15c6-72b1-89a4-6a2037d44f6d
019cc5d8-15c6-73ec-b3bd-23df204be371
019cc5d8-15c6-750b-a074-e52f8255bc7a
019cc5d8-15c6-7625-9b44-9482558d83cd
019cc5d8-15c6-7740-851a-cb62bd25ebbb
019cc5d8-15c6-7857-bb3c-4bb429e1b3d5
019cc5d8-15c6-7971-b37f-5ea57386e96a
019cc5d8-15c6-7a88-8563-78b8b324fb7e
019cc5d8-15c6-7b9e-bdb4-b6084d15ebc2
019cc5d8-15c6-7cb9-addf-ae9dadba0bb7
019cc5d8-15c6-7dcf-9625-38149f2dbfba
019cc5d8-15c6-7eea-8d89-a6ed17bc1d1f
019cc5d8-15c6-7000-a1c5-a4bc7946d087
019cc5d8-15c7-711b-9f95-7cd009fb28c2

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)

1f119c25-c53f-63e2-a2f0-4cf95d479851
1f119c25-c53f-6568-a2f0-4cf95d479851
1f119c25-c53f-6658-a2f0-4cf95d479851
1f119c25-c53f-672a-a2f0-4cf95d479851
1f119c25-c53f-67e8-a2f0-4cf95d479851
1f119c25-c53f-68a6-a2f0-4cf95d479851
1f119c25-c53f-696e-a2f0-4cf95d479851
1f119c25-c53f-6a2c-a2f0-4cf95d479851
1f119c25-c53f-6aea-a2f0-4cf95d479851
1f119c25-c53f-6ba8-a2f0-4cf95d479851
1f119c25-c53f-6ce8-a2f0-4cf95d479851
1f119c25-c53f-6db0-a2f0-4cf95d479851
1f119c25-c53f-6e78-a2f0-4cf95d479851
1f119c25-c53f-6f54-a2f0-4cf95d479851
1f119c25-c540-60c6-a2f0-4cf95d479851

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)

d61fdea9-1e25-4ddb-849c-05d5acdc9bdb
afb53bb9-f439-4827-b32c-46efd16ccefa
928293aa-64c2-447b-afe6-5c23f49cf1a2
a282c7e2-9fae-49c6-b352-2b519bfdd4bd
1cfef218-694f-4455-8c3f-38c3b93b4594
fc8906e9-cf8a-4836-b49a-61edb664fdd6
8a0efce6-fde2-4153-a1ad-09b90e404c36
e32b60eb-6ec7-45eb-9092-db536e0c85b7
cf9878a5-6484-452a-bc1e-83c130076a10
5aac2564-99ca-4c89-8bb7-98dc7261d05e
db04ce17-90ea-43b0-9052-a122429130ba
7f1a61e0-f494-4ac2-8369-77dd7a86a47d
44dce696-9926-4c54-90cf-081006469b10
b80d8ca6-2099-4038-ba59-a867a69eb069
67dc3637-6a05-4c0e-a372-03e0cc427847

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)

5c540800-19c2-11f1-a2f0-4cf95d479851
5c5408aa-19c2-11f1-a2f0-4cf95d479851
5c54094a-19c2-11f1-a2f0-4cf95d479851
5c5409d6-19c2-11f1-a2f0-4cf95d479851
5c540a6c-19c2-11f1-a2f0-4cf95d479851
5c540b02-19c2-11f1-a2f0-4cf95d479851
5c540ba2-19c2-11f1-a2f0-4cf95d479851
5c540c42-19c2-11f1-a2f0-4cf95d479851
5c540ce2-19c2-11f1-a2f0-4cf95d479851
5c540d82-19c2-11f1-a2f0-4cf95d479851
5c540e2c-19c2-11f1-a2f0-4cf95d479851
5c540ecc-19c2-11f1-a2f0-4cf95d479851
5c540f76-19c2-11f1-a2f0-4cf95d479851
5c541034-19c2-11f1-a2f0-4cf95d479851
5c5410de-19c2-11f1-a2f0-4cf95d479851

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)

2846da3a-4600-8204-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
34abdc3a-4600-8204-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
19eddd3a-4600-8204-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
47c7de3a-4600-8204-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
471edf3a-4600-8204-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
9d02e03a-4600-8204-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
4d2ce13a-4600-8204-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
f794e23a-4600-8204-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
635de33a-4600-8204-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
bfa2e43a-4600-8204-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
df9be53a-4600-8204-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
5c8ae63a-4600-8204-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
8e43e73a-4600-8204-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
45c1e83a-4600-8204-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
86ede93a-4600-8204-87ea-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: