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)

019c2752-955a-7a29-ba32-0b6007dfa6f5
019c2752-955a-7c2e-8dad-249c24470492
019c2752-955a-7d75-b27b-1896200a994b
019c2752-955a-7e98-9b26-b65a4a4b172b
019c2752-955a-7fb3-8e3e-49303504065b
019c2752-955b-70cd-9387-c10fe82b4ba8
019c2752-955b-71f0-8c4c-c9879b3d58b2
019c2752-955b-730b-a6d6-b2c0cb5cf313
019c2752-955b-7429-9794-19c4178260da
019c2752-955b-7544-9ff9-6f9ae9d801a4
019c2752-955b-765f-aeab-345b05f936b9
019c2752-955b-7779-90b7-a4955c4a13e2
019c2752-955b-7894-9c87-b451f7f6bff7
019c2752-955b-79b3-b31a-a5279c94de9e
019c2752-955b-7acd-88b3-2e756647a794

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)

1f101921-d6b9-61a0-a256-4cf95d479851
1f101921-d6b9-634e-a256-4cf95d479851
1f101921-d6b9-643e-a256-4cf95d479851
1f101921-d6b9-6510-a256-4cf95d479851
1f101921-d6b9-65e2-a256-4cf95d479851
1f101921-d6b9-66aa-a256-4cf95d479851
1f101921-d6b9-677c-a256-4cf95d479851
1f101921-d6b9-6844-a256-4cf95d479851
1f101921-d6b9-6916-a256-4cf95d479851
1f101921-d6b9-69de-a256-4cf95d479851
1f101921-d6b9-6b1e-a256-4cf95d479851
1f101921-d6b9-6bf0-a256-4cf95d479851
1f101921-d6b9-6cb8-a256-4cf95d479851
1f101921-d6b9-6d80-a256-4cf95d479851
1f101921-d6b9-6e52-a256-4cf95d479851

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)

d320649a-199d-49ce-bc63-df6064431d2e
95edab1c-60cd-4350-a9f9-8f7c976e2931
5e5e11b7-091d-40de-81ec-f9cab63e54ef
385d1ec4-f08e-41be-a855-ef71529a3036
4470b005-30d1-42e3-88a1-86d33ef1dc24
c5574d19-ef5c-43bd-90c5-974bedec233f
b9174c7e-dd7f-4a6f-98a8-bbae78cbe671
40ce1ea2-40c7-40b5-9e98-8e436335f9ef
cc1c1d52-b575-42bb-8ece-0e11bfcd68cc
75a8b987-0ebe-49f4-8024-6a21ad059039
23ae1e75-e38e-447a-b263-9664a6a941a0
f87445b1-e290-41eb-ac02-5a24c08a6322
699415be-d8ab-42ba-b8f2-63bd029e86b4
a60418f6-a54a-488e-9098-7db644fbb172
d61ebba3-4987-42c2-80f0-25dc3b1b0c5e

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)

1d6ba37a-0192-11f1-a256-4cf95d479851
1d6ba3de-0192-11f1-a256-4cf95d479851
1d6ba44c-0192-11f1-a256-4cf95d479851
1d6ba4ba-0192-11f1-a256-4cf95d479851
1d6ba528-0192-11f1-a256-4cf95d479851
1d6ba5aa-0192-11f1-a256-4cf95d479851
1d6ba618-0192-11f1-a256-4cf95d479851
1d6ba686-0192-11f1-a256-4cf95d479851
1d6ba6f4-0192-11f1-a256-4cf95d479851
1d6ba758-0192-11f1-a256-4cf95d479851
1d6ba7bc-0192-11f1-a256-4cf95d479851
1d6ba820-0192-11f1-a256-4cf95d479851
1d6ba884-0192-11f1-a256-4cf95d479851
1d6ba8f2-0192-11f1-a256-4cf95d479851
1d6ba956-0192-11f1-a256-4cf95d479851

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)

63629009-8101-8302-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
988e9109-8101-8302-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
31a69209-8101-8302-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
5abc9309-8101-8302-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
aa5a9409-8101-8302-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
e80d9509-8101-8302-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
329a9609-8101-8302-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
23aa9709-8101-8302-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
2b659809-8101-8302-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
3e419909-8101-8302-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
29619a09-8101-8302-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
f5279b09-8101-8302-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
25de9c09-8101-8302-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
51789d09-8101-8302-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
1c729f09-8101-8302-87ea-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: