UUID & MAC Utils by Daniel Marschall

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Overview

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

019bccbb-04d8-7fe4-9ff0-173c13a26581
019bccbb-04d9-7200-8606-23e5ce8aa23e
019bccbb-04d9-7344-860c-9be8900c19bf
019bccbb-04d9-7463-ab66-ce54cef9ea1b
019bccbb-04d9-7582-9fda-3847c1af4227
019bccbb-04d9-7698-8c9e-8cff0499164d
019bccbb-04d9-77b3-b304-a7f5c5d1e459
019bccbb-04d9-78c9-b233-82a1566cf783
019bccbb-04d9-79e0-8a06-c47482dc059b
019bccbb-04d9-7af6-a2eb-1d5326bee65b
019bccbb-04d9-7c0d-8c84-e4fc1b1ea157
019bccbb-04d9-7d1f-9c9c-57ef25f820a8
019bccbb-04d9-7e3a-aed0-9fe612581ab6
019bccbb-04d9-7f50-ba1d-24df18062408
019bccbb-04da-7067-94db-e1caa742f5d1

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)

1f0f3bf5-ceec-6a62-8ef4-4cf95d479851
1f0f3bf5-ceec-6d00-8ef4-4cf95d479851
1f0f3bf5-ceec-6e90-8ef4-4cf95d479851
1f0f3bf5-ceec-6f80-8ef4-4cf95d479851
1f0f3bf5-ceed-605c-8ef4-4cf95d479851
1f0f3bf5-ceed-6124-8ef4-4cf95d479851
1f0f3bf5-ceed-61f6-8ef4-4cf95d479851
1f0f3bf5-ceed-62be-8ef4-4cf95d479851
1f0f3bf5-ceed-6386-8ef4-4cf95d479851
1f0f3bf5-ceed-6458-8ef4-4cf95d479851
1f0f3bf5-ceed-65a2-8ef4-4cf95d479851
1f0f3bf5-ceed-6674-8ef4-4cf95d479851
1f0f3bf5-ceed-673c-8ef4-4cf95d479851
1f0f3bf5-ceed-6804-8ef4-4cf95d479851
1f0f3bf5-ceed-68c2-8ef4-4cf95d479851

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)

32e10c0a-1a05-4788-82b8-705ad1891946
b3469bfb-6da7-4561-a120-68274927a484
898ac5f8-c5be-460a-bd5f-b46634d8af9a
241d0681-6ee5-43da-8214-dda6e07b621b
73f1e9a8-4068-4cc9-be11-0c5a41fdb546
e1afbca6-9cc1-44b7-a67b-8a547a1bb80e
28ad4d56-1795-4912-a3e0-d204170d3709
c451f26e-2fcd-462f-aa9b-89eb7df8f066
0da7f75a-76c1-426b-ad3b-f36c65dde242
e6a187e1-8b56-42bf-af5a-d5adf6f3d8c0
cdad31ee-9795-4e3c-8eb6-8092fd606185
a1f1b590-d927-4004-9fae-db2d03daa6f1
b07237d6-c8dd-4865-b77f-0e95fc134eda
b78934f2-aaba-4f05-85e9-16015d6dc276
d1dc0829-c830-4c2e-9709-d8d6525418b3

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)

5ceedde0-f3bf-11f0-8ef4-4cf95d479851
5ceede3a-f3bf-11f0-8ef4-4cf95d479851
5ceede9e-f3bf-11f0-8ef4-4cf95d479851
5ceedf02-f3bf-11f0-8ef4-4cf95d479851
5ceedf5c-f3bf-11f0-8ef4-4cf95d479851
5ceedfc0-f3bf-11f0-8ef4-4cf95d479851
5ceee01a-f3bf-11f0-8ef4-4cf95d479851
5ceee074-f3bf-11f0-8ef4-4cf95d479851
5ceee0d8-f3bf-11f0-8ef4-4cf95d479851
5ceee13c-f3bf-11f0-8ef4-4cf95d479851
5ceee1a0-f3bf-11f0-8ef4-4cf95d479851
5ceee204-f3bf-11f0-8ef4-4cf95d479851
5ceee272-f3bf-11f0-8ef4-4cf95d479851
5ceee2d6-f3bf-11f0-8ef4-4cf95d479851
5ceee330-f3bf-11f0-8ef4-4cf95d479851

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)
-  2 bit UUID Variant (0b10)
-  2 bit Unused (must be zero)
- 12 bit UTC Year (hex encoded)
- 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) = WRONG!!!
-  2 bit UUID Variant (0b10)
-  2 bit Unused (must be zero)
- 12 bit UTC Year (hex encoded)
- 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)

af17322f-cd03-8101-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
8536332f-cd03-8101-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
13c0342f-cd03-8101-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
1054352f-cd03-8101-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
ded8362f-cd03-8101-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
d321372f-cd03-8101-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
18af382f-cd03-8101-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
8a9d392f-cd03-8101-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
5bf33a2f-cd03-8101-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
c5813b2f-cd03-8101-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
8f8b3c2f-cd03-8101-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
9afb3d2f-cd03-8101-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
df683e2f-cd03-8101-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
c9573f2f-cd03-8101-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
5c0f402f-cd03-8101-87ea-5ce32bd83b97

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: