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)

01a1cfe9-c9e0-7f92-b026-e66c24bb32e3
01a1cfe9-c9e1-7169-8688-5c36dcbc748e
01a1cfe9-c9e1-72b1-addf-dab60c51abb3
01a1cfe9-c9e1-73e0-b039-fe0358af088a
01a1cfe9-c9e1-7503-bfa8-354e85a27409
01a1cfe9-c9e1-761d-82b3-f100c5360bf7
01a1cfe9-c9e1-7738-bd83-77a44bff211d
01a1cfe9-c9e1-7852-b430-1f8e2e62c1a8
01a1cfe9-c9e1-7969-a6a6-efad368cde8f
01a1cfe9-c9e1-7a7f-a9a1-71f5c9164b43
01a1cfe9-c9e1-7b96-a7e9-8ba1a5d49450
01a1cfe9-c9e1-7cb1-8e1e-f9e702787003
01a1cfe9-c9e1-7dc7-b0e0-d3ed48b06c2a
01a1cfe9-c9e1-7ee2-8047-e5e4e5eeecbb
01a1cfe9-c9e1-7ff8-8778-badc42f22dfd

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)

1f1de9ba-fdf5-6094-93f2-4cf95d479851
1f1de9ba-fdf5-6256-93f2-4cf95d479851
1f1de9ba-fdf5-633c-93f2-4cf95d479851
1f1de9ba-fdf5-6404-93f2-4cf95d479851
1f1de9ba-fdf5-64cc-93f2-4cf95d479851
1f1de9ba-fdf5-659e-93f2-4cf95d479851
1f1de9ba-fdf5-6666-93f2-4cf95d479851
1f1de9ba-fdf5-6724-93f2-4cf95d479851
1f1de9ba-fdf5-67e2-93f2-4cf95d479851
1f1de9ba-fdf5-68aa-93f2-4cf95d479851
1f1de9ba-fdf5-69f4-93f2-4cf95d479851
1f1de9ba-fdf5-6ac6-93f2-4cf95d479851
1f1de9ba-fdf5-6b8e-93f2-4cf95d479851
1f1de9ba-fdf5-6c4c-93f2-4cf95d479851
1f1de9ba-fdf5-6d14-93f2-4cf95d479851

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)

afdf5de6-de9b-11f1-93f2-4cf95d479851
afdf5e54-de9b-11f1-93f2-4cf95d479851
afdf5eb8-de9b-11f1-93f2-4cf95d479851
afdf5f1c-de9b-11f1-93f2-4cf95d479851
afdf5f80-de9b-11f1-93f2-4cf95d479851
afdf5fe4-de9b-11f1-93f2-4cf95d479851
afdf6048-de9b-11f1-93f2-4cf95d479851
afdf60b6-de9b-11f1-93f2-4cf95d479851
afdf611a-de9b-11f1-93f2-4cf95d479851
afdf617e-de9b-11f1-93f2-4cf95d479851
afdf61e2-de9b-11f1-93f2-4cf95d479851
afdf6246-de9b-11f1-93f2-4cf95d479851
afdf62aa-de9b-11f1-93f2-4cf95d479851
afdf630e-de9b-11f1-93f2-4cf95d479851
afdf6368-de9b-11f1-93f2-4cf95d479851

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)

a26fb61b-2003-8c13-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
72d8b71b-2003-8c13-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
5958b81b-2003-8c13-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
4464b91b-2003-8c13-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
d4e8bb1b-2003-8c13-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
8cdabc1b-2003-8c13-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
b8e4bd1b-2003-8c13-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
2f81be1b-2003-8c13-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
bdf0bf1b-2003-8c13-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
3153c01b-2003-8c13-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
10d4c11b-2003-8c13-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
444fc21b-2003-8c13-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
1e74c31b-2003-8c13-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
8677c41b-2003-8c13-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
a16ac51b-2003-8c13-87ea-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)

29f94bd4-cb95-49f2-ad7e-2b9b9a1f9ae5
59f288e7-333b-4ec7-856d-b944093b299c
acf9c884-f52d-4675-b14d-8e3605077567
76547fb5-726d-4a89-904a-2dfcb1b78fdf
1721cc21-692f-4843-b63e-d57865a5e8c1
4fe6181b-f121-4274-b610-40f7d7d471ae
0b51f7a3-bb61-4a1b-b14b-db14ca1b3749
fb62e1f8-e8de-4e8a-9b07-2452fdd57f91
6f62c985-b094-4537-a28f-70640aedbf36
84cbb469-a21b-40ca-a4d6-70863da0d8d0
6efc1545-9068-404c-827f-9ce382f8d41d
a0f6f83c-66fb-4ea4-877a-0b830d9de909
ba66ad6b-26bd-4321-8739-68b0d908c871
e8640601-60bd-489c-8c40-85f688b918b4
8c0dcdaf-2dee-403f-9f33-9ae189b793ad

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: