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)

01a19ef9-a785-7f8e-8814-4f2b83ca36f5
01a19ef9-a786-7134-a546-c7688be0d670
01a19ef9-a786-726f-a0f7-2ec556fba4d1
01a19ef9-a786-738a-8cfe-d27678e83650
01a19ef9-a786-74a0-9ac1-e6d30eb449fd
01a19ef9-a786-75b7-830a-31a624cd0166
01a19ef9-a786-76c9-b593-83e824398077
01a19ef9-a786-77e0-85cd-bfe17fa9e665
01a19ef9-a786-78f2-9b9e-105f5fe1b88d
01a19ef9-a786-7a05-831c-80b2a8320409
01a19ef9-a786-7b17-9393-ddc6a16ae3d4
01a19ef9-a786-7c29-9237-33e0f9c98b8e
01a19ef9-a786-7d3c-bb0b-0c48f3c51bef
01a19ef9-a786-7e52-8016-c16848dba899
01a19ef9-a786-7f69-848d-6faa99b62343

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)

1f1d7240-ba14-6bf0-8e55-4cf95d479851
1f1d7240-ba14-6dc6-8e55-4cf95d479851
1f1d7240-ba14-6eac-8e55-4cf95d479851
1f1d7240-ba14-6f7e-8e55-4cf95d479851
1f1d7240-ba15-6046-8e55-4cf95d479851
1f1d7240-ba15-610e-8e55-4cf95d479851
1f1d7240-ba15-61d6-8e55-4cf95d479851
1f1d7240-ba15-629e-8e55-4cf95d479851
1f1d7240-ba15-6366-8e55-4cf95d479851
1f1d7240-ba15-6424-8e55-4cf95d479851
1f1d7240-ba15-6578-8e55-4cf95d479851
1f1d7240-ba15-664a-8e55-4cf95d479851
1f1d7240-ba15-6708-8e55-4cf95d479851
1f1d7240-ba15-67c6-8e55-4cf95d479851
1f1d7240-ba15-688e-8e55-4cf95d479851

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)

0ba15974-d724-11f1-8e55-4cf95d479851
0ba159ce-d724-11f1-8e55-4cf95d479851
0ba15a32-d724-11f1-8e55-4cf95d479851
0ba15a96-d724-11f1-8e55-4cf95d479851
0ba15af0-d724-11f1-8e55-4cf95d479851
0ba15b54-d724-11f1-8e55-4cf95d479851
0ba15bb8-d724-11f1-8e55-4cf95d479851
0ba15c12-d724-11f1-8e55-4cf95d479851
0ba15c76-d724-11f1-8e55-4cf95d479851
0ba15cda-d724-11f1-8e55-4cf95d479851
0ba15d34-d724-11f1-8e55-4cf95d479851
0ba15d8e-d724-11f1-8e55-4cf95d479851
0ba15e10-d724-11f1-8e55-4cf95d479851
0ba15e7e-d724-11f1-8e55-4cf95d479851
0ba15eec-d724-11f1-8e55-4cf95d479851

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)

9740e917-4c00-8313-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
d0b4ea17-4c00-8313-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
3a20eb17-4c00-8313-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
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031ced17-4c00-8313-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
1830ee17-4c00-8313-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
4df2ef17-4c00-8313-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
2134f017-4c00-8313-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
cba5f117-4c00-8313-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
de29f217-4c00-8313-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
ba5bf317-4c00-8313-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
e8aff417-4c00-8313-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
c3c0f517-4c00-8313-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
8ac9f617-4c00-8313-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
ffd6f717-4c00-8313-87ea-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)

2523a1a9-5c42-4219-a272-33b8def4f630
79a1df40-bf57-4fec-87e8-12f22383a552
104bb85a-205a-45a6-9ba9-bd21da87ec0f
206ad9d6-8bdf-4abc-ade9-1c99bdca90c7
8d5178d4-8a69-45f7-8d7e-c08fe12cf2f3
6b677c22-89e0-4010-8aac-60d959a97a0d
d4bcf81b-d64e-440e-93cd-7b0523ec948c
3b5451e2-b66f-40dc-90c8-b3a051e42ee2
239bfb8e-b987-4fa5-88e3-dbf5817f3a12
e2a207ad-627d-4126-99ef-901ae66a6523
6f07c7b9-ac97-4639-b1e3-cd22ed2a5c87
c701ad3b-61c5-4c93-919f-2d28229af97a
160526bc-1c4b-4f50-85b9-1fb12abd16a2
4b61e3ad-be47-4317-bc61-6898cb0ca473
9aa812f2-48bd-46aa-8701-2ac82d1e9864

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: