UUID & MAC Utils by Daniel Marschall

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Overview

• Generate time-based UUIDs
  • New: Generate Unix Epoch time-based (version 7) UUID
  • New: Generate reordered Gregorian time-based (version 6) UUID
  • Generate Gregorian time-based (version 1) UUID
  • New: Generate SQL Server sortable time-based (version 8) UUID
• Generate random UUIDs
  • Generate random (version 4) 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)

019f353b-d139-7c3e-a352-b98b9bbc813d
019f353b-d139-7e29-a276-80ba8b18f6c3
019f353b-d139-7f75-911f-b0ee7a83bfb8
019f353b-d13a-7098-891b-d28b0b93e8ea
019f353b-d13a-71b7-b645-ce2e0dc14851
019f353b-d13a-72d5-a10a-28daa4e84bf8
019f353b-d13a-73f4-bc82-1857fde1ddb3
019f353b-d13a-7513-a4f5-0169938e0496
019f353b-d13a-7636-9c81-ae313d2e5d69
019f353b-d13a-7750-a3a2-12c8024d7356
019f353b-d13a-77f8-be29-fb8dcdf28b3b
019f353b-d13a-791b-b786-8d389a08e205
019f353b-d13a-7a36-9a63-6f7c3712c292
019f353b-d13a-7b54-bf49-8b829263ad8c
019f353b-d13a-7c6f-9935-f3c7f08f89c8

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)

1f178e18-421a-6d5a-bc5d-4cf95d479851
1f178e18-421a-6ff8-bc5d-4cf95d479851
1f178e18-421b-60f2-bc5d-4cf95d479851
1f178e18-421b-61c4-bc5d-4cf95d479851
1f178e18-421b-628c-bc5d-4cf95d479851
1f178e18-421b-634a-bc5d-4cf95d479851
1f178e18-421b-6412-bc5d-4cf95d479851
1f178e18-421b-64da-bc5d-4cf95d479851
1f178e18-421b-6598-bc5d-4cf95d479851
1f178e18-421b-6656-bc5d-4cf95d479851
1f178e18-421b-67aa-bc5d-4cf95d479851
1f178e18-421b-687c-bc5d-4cf95d479851
1f178e18-421b-693a-bc5d-4cf95d479851
1f178e18-421b-6a02-bc5d-4cf95d479851
1f178e18-421b-6ac0-bc5d-4cf95d479851

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)

8421bb9c-78e1-11f1-bc5d-4cf95d479851
8421bc00-78e1-11f1-bc5d-4cf95d479851
8421bc64-78e1-11f1-bc5d-4cf95d479851
8421bcbe-78e1-11f1-bc5d-4cf95d479851
8421bd2c-78e1-11f1-bc5d-4cf95d479851
8421bd90-78e1-11f1-bc5d-4cf95d479851
8421bdfe-78e1-11f1-bc5d-4cf95d479851
8421be62-78e1-11f1-bc5d-4cf95d479851
8421bec6-78e1-11f1-bc5d-4cf95d479851
8421bf34-78e1-11f1-bc5d-4cf95d479851
8421bfa2-78e1-11f1-bc5d-4cf95d479851
8421bffc-78e1-11f1-bc5d-4cf95d479851
8421c060-78e1-11f1-bc5d-4cf95d479851
8421c0c4-78e1-11f1-bc5d-4cf95d479851
8421c128-78e1-11f1-bc5d-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, whereas 8 is the version)
-  2 bit UUID Variant (0b10)
-  2 bit Unused (must be zero)
- 12 bit UTC Year (hex encoded) BIG ENDIAN
- 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, whereas 8 is the version) = WRONG!!!
-  2 bit UUID Variant (0b10)
-  2 bit Unused (must be zero)
- 12 bit UTC Year (hex encoded) BIG ENDIAN
- 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)

9c007f14-8f00-8b0b-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
ae6b8014-8f00-8b0b-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
f5a78114-8f00-8b0b-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
a0e08214-8f00-8b0b-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
60db8314-8f00-8b0b-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
396a8414-8f00-8b0b-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
e2468514-8f00-8b0b-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
a3aa8614-8f00-8b0b-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
1cd88714-8f00-8b0b-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
0d308814-8f00-8b0b-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
819a8914-8f00-8b0b-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
55d28a14-8f00-8b0b-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
4e4e8b14-8f00-8b0b-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
378d8c14-8f00-8b0b-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
19358d14-8f00-8b0b-87ea-5ce32bd83b97

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)

425e61a2-6b31-4e78-ab20-74e0cb34a7e5
0c2f1d9a-67f6-4588-9da8-043facf0d6ef
c8521214-cb02-4929-81eb-e1439b6cc920
ac92c9d5-b1cd-49e1-884a-ce1b0c2809e0
cec3e75a-b63a-4d91-b94b-7b3bf5c6d14d
4211f0e6-57d6-458d-92ff-9b7a277927f8
e232c746-57bf-4f40-9743-cd372ade49ce
9a00dfc5-cfb1-4a69-90b8-cf5221e3e341
9cf22411-45b0-4a2d-9e31-f69900267eaa
5a32ae00-10b8-4dc9-80fe-d03ac3811aed
9639761a-a8cb-4c3b-9e22-842be90e5002
7b6b3b29-e97a-4631-93bc-0394091d2984
e81f9095-2c78-41a5-92c7-4f7024819726
397016f3-0747-434f-8ad1-29c40ce38cdc
3d6090de-3353-4be9-850e-023733a52a4b

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: