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)

019f9c20-3482-7c5b-9033-7a7360cc01ed
019f9c20-3482-7e5f-931c-17130dbdd31d
019f9c20-3482-7fa6-b9f2-13272224b991
019f9c20-3483-70c5-a6c8-c05d85dcb71f
019f9c20-3483-71e0-b273-76443846b388
019f9c20-3483-72fa-981e-6d1215034e8c
019f9c20-3483-7411-a081-28334f4e69a3
019f9c20-3483-752c-b9e9-a4bb2671593b
019f9c20-3483-763e-82cc-b9dd37fe08b6
019f9c20-3483-7754-b6fc-f00d6e80dbfa
019f9c20-3483-786f-9c59-b96dc3d5808c
019f9c20-3483-7986-bf2e-94a9b3003637
019f9c20-3483-7aa4-8535-72c0b7adbc79
019f9c20-3483-7bd3-b896-ec11bff5e2d7
019f9c20-3483-7d13-bdd9-c7d5085fc118

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)

1f18894b-d84a-62ce-8fb3-4cf95d479851
1f18894b-d84a-6576-8fb3-4cf95d479851
1f18894b-d84a-66f2-8fb3-4cf95d479851
1f18894b-d84a-683c-8fb3-4cf95d479851
1f18894b-d84a-6972-8fb3-4cf95d479851
1f18894b-d84a-6a94-8fb3-4cf95d479851
1f18894b-d84a-6ba2-8fb3-4cf95d479851
1f18894b-d84a-6cb0-8fb3-4cf95d479851
1f18894b-d84a-6dd2-8fb3-4cf95d479851
1f18894b-d84a-6f1c-8fb3-4cf95d479851
1f18894b-d84b-611a-8fb3-4cf95d479851
1f18894b-d84b-626e-8fb3-4cf95d479851
1f18894b-d84b-63ae-8fb3-4cf95d479851
1f18894b-d84b-64f8-8fb3-4cf95d479851
1f18894b-d84b-6642-8fb3-4cf95d479851

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)

bd84b7aa-8894-11f1-8fb3-4cf95d479851
bd84b836-8894-11f1-8fb3-4cf95d479851
bd84b8b8-8894-11f1-8fb3-4cf95d479851
bd84b944-8894-11f1-8fb3-4cf95d479851
bd84b9d0-8894-11f1-8fb3-4cf95d479851
bd84ba5c-8894-11f1-8fb3-4cf95d479851
bd84baf2-8894-11f1-8fb3-4cf95d479851
bd84bb74-8894-11f1-8fb3-4cf95d479851
bd84bc00-8894-11f1-8fb3-4cf95d479851
bd84bc8c-8894-11f1-8fb3-4cf95d479851
bd84bd22-8894-11f1-8fb3-4cf95d479851
bd84bdb8-8894-11f1-8fb3-4cf95d479851
bd84be44-8894-11f1-8fb3-4cf95d479851
bd84beda-8894-11f1-8fb3-4cf95d479851
bd84bf70-8894-11f1-8fb3-4cf95d479851

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)

5b6d2204-7200-8f0c-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
b78e2304-7200-8f0c-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
83442404-7200-8f0c-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
fcd42504-7200-8f0c-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
9d562604-7200-8f0c-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
16d72704-7200-8f0c-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
3bfc2804-7200-8f0c-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
52032904-7200-8f0c-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
db812a04-7200-8f0c-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
ec382b04-7200-8f0c-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
e7ef2c04-7200-8f0c-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
f6f72d04-7200-8f0c-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
a4be2e04-7200-8f0c-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
ae7f2f04-7200-8f0c-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
f0803004-7200-8f0c-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)

0eff08a0-0234-43f1-9c46-0d08537b0712
24bc459a-bb2e-4526-bc82-c64df5f0dcaf
ea042f15-fbf1-4391-ba91-90c2a71432fd
cb6cf253-ae47-4e58-b12c-b52e7656cb0d
01a490b2-bae6-467b-9373-e680f602464c
2b5dfde8-c71a-4174-baae-1068271848a7
46b1c104-1300-4592-a052-4d54c3d6e64f
50a044e8-10f0-4c95-b8d0-3625bc2c3a6f
7d966462-aeb5-4de3-a4d7-9960a276eb82
a366e7f8-961f-4b18-b87e-53b30768ad95
51660b1e-212c-4e63-b2a4-98ce01d8181f
bd0f624e-e992-46ef-9d6f-520d196354af
aa052daf-9283-4c99-a7dd-82c3c71b7c1f
dbde766a-10c8-4f2a-abcb-25f204c9a093
5db0f128-e680-459f-8965-a1ac1c99c28c

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: