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)

019ffd50-d9fa-74f6-9338-fbf6f690f533
019ffd50-d9fa-7698-aaa5-bd6cd19c0a93
019ffd50-d9fa-7805-a2b2-5796e57d9825
019ffd50-d9fa-792c-a6ba-b73c28b42bb7
019ffd50-d9fa-7a46-9fd9-48c41d3f8ae5
019ffd50-d9fa-7b5d-9da4-94191997eaee
019ffd50-d9fa-7c73-99f2-9303150fc892
019ffd50-d9fa-7d96-bb84-9248d9aa924f
019ffd50-d9fa-7ead-bbd5-47d0d1be36c3
019ffd50-d9fa-7fc7-b910-f93ff808c1bc
019ffd50-d9fb-70da-b8c0-c2f110ebcfe7
019ffd50-d9fb-71f0-a40c-a477eb008dec
019ffd50-d9fb-7307-93d1-808e12f07cc4
019ffd50-d9fb-7419-8e13-5477b9a90cc8
019ffd50-d9fb-7530-a62c-6c022977e20b

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)

1f197693-9c42-6d36-ac0a-4cf95d479851
1f197693-9c42-6ee4-ac0a-4cf95d479851
1f197693-9c42-6fca-ac0a-4cf95d479851
1f197693-9c43-609c-ac0a-4cf95d479851
1f197693-9c43-6164-ac0a-4cf95d479851
1f197693-9c43-622c-ac0a-4cf95d479851
1f197693-9c43-62f4-ac0a-4cf95d479851
1f197693-9c43-63bc-ac0a-4cf95d479851
1f197693-9c43-647a-ac0a-4cf95d479851
1f197693-9c43-6538-ac0a-4cf95d479851
1f197693-9c43-6678-ac0a-4cf95d479851
1f197693-9c43-674a-ac0a-4cf95d479851
1f197693-9c43-6812-ac0a-4cf95d479851
1f197693-9c43-68da-ac0a-4cf95d479851
1f197693-9c43-6998-ac0a-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)

39c43a74-9769-11f1-ac0a-4cf95d479851
39c43ad8-9769-11f1-ac0a-4cf95d479851
39c43b3c-9769-11f1-ac0a-4cf95d479851
39c43ba0-9769-11f1-ac0a-4cf95d479851
39c43c04-9769-11f1-ac0a-4cf95d479851
39c43c68-9769-11f1-ac0a-4cf95d479851
39c43cc2-9769-11f1-ac0a-4cf95d479851
39c43d26-9769-11f1-ac0a-4cf95d479851
39c43d8a-9769-11f1-ac0a-4cf95d479851
39c43de4-9769-11f1-ac0a-4cf95d479851
39c43e48-9769-11f1-ac0a-4cf95d479851
39c43eac-9769-11f1-ac0a-4cf95d479851
39c43f10-9769-11f1-ac0a-4cf95d479851
39c43f6a-9769-11f1-ac0a-4cf95d479851
39c43fce-9769-11f1-ac0a-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)

cf6d2c16-5a05-810e-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
c7412d16-5a05-810e-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
a4ff2e16-5a05-810e-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
ac0b2f16-5a05-810e-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
a2f83016-5a05-810e-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
4d323116-5a05-810e-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
aa603216-5a05-810e-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
2e753316-5a05-810e-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
132d3416-5a05-810e-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
8f9d3516-5a05-810e-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
36023616-5a05-810e-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
82bc3716-5a05-810e-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
34373816-5a05-810e-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
15a93916-5a05-810e-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
c0b63a16-5a05-810e-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)

f27aa9c4-ed6d-4968-88cd-3c9255c587f0
ed0d0900-1f9f-4279-87d2-7bf88cd56db9
c16767d7-7154-4e8d-8447-1dbc297e34d4
739f1374-1992-4b30-9706-8406fed70210
8325fefd-fff8-461a-8965-464e4d6ce238
55500b59-e259-4ca7-9638-188152493bdc
27563ad4-70b5-4ba2-a6c1-08991e7bac02
32e0fd76-a983-4eba-9070-3924df744df6
0e758dd2-fb02-40f0-bd7f-5dc30afec33d
37c4d37b-e287-42ab-93b6-3c034395b8db
231fa574-f62c-4264-9765-981f2d3b6d6c
31221114-3ccc-46fc-8d05-e3e17ea11f71
fe52a0de-cd80-401c-ac67-06379810217f
096edc63-ebb5-4284-92ab-27da551cb672
22030c34-a8c1-4e7a-87b5-8bbd1bf48703

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: