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)

01a08a09-962b-7ed1-96a9-76537ff84227
01a08a09-962c-70a4-9f56-ad2bdfafd73d
01a08a09-962c-71e4-93fc-62cbf8e94710
01a08a09-962c-7303-a915-1ab087af70b8
01a08a09-962c-7419-9f9b-e06d01c0c438
01a08a09-962c-7530-8a3b-27ed9374fa28
01a08a09-962c-7646-bb9a-e17377fd97e1
01a08a09-962c-7759-b2d4-fac03b65a725
01a08a09-962c-786b-a8bf-2f9866bc3c9b
01a08a09-962c-7982-954d-2186df27761a
01a08a09-962c-7a94-b501-aac2652072bd
01a08a09-962c-7baa-b9df-48ebc0583461
01a08a09-962c-7cbd-a1db-51d3e243de2f
01a08a09-962c-7dcf-ac54-afd30e4ab5aa
01a08a09-962c-7ee6-a798-0c0597f7754f

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)

1f1ace22-9fb8-61d6-8066-4cf95d479851
1f1ace22-9fb8-63ac-8066-4cf95d479851
1f1ace22-9fb8-6492-8066-4cf95d479851
1f1ace22-9fb8-6564-8066-4cf95d479851
1f1ace22-9fb8-6622-8066-4cf95d479851
1f1ace22-9fb8-6794-8066-4cf95d479851
1f1ace22-9fb8-688e-8066-4cf95d479851
1f1ace22-9fb8-6960-8066-4cf95d479851
1f1ace22-9fb8-6a14-8066-4cf95d479851
1f1ace22-9fb8-6ad2-8066-4cf95d479851
1f1ace22-9fb8-6c62-8066-4cf95d479851
1f1ace22-9fb8-6d34-8066-4cf95d479851
1f1ace22-9fb8-6dfc-8066-4cf95d479851
1f1ace22-9fb8-6eb0-8066-4cf95d479851
1f1ace22-9fb8-6f78-8066-4cf95d479851

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)

29fb9054-ace2-11f1-8066-4cf95d479851
29fb90c2-ace2-11f1-8066-4cf95d479851
29fb9126-ace2-11f1-8066-4cf95d479851
29fb918a-ace2-11f1-8066-4cf95d479851
29fb91f8-ace2-11f1-8066-4cf95d479851
29fb925c-ace2-11f1-8066-4cf95d479851
29fb92c0-ace2-11f1-8066-4cf95d479851
29fb931a-ace2-11f1-8066-4cf95d479851
29fb9392-ace2-11f1-8066-4cf95d479851
29fb9400-ace2-11f1-8066-4cf95d479851
29fb9464-ace2-11f1-8066-4cf95d479851
29fb94c8-ace2-11f1-8066-4cf95d479851
29fb9536-ace2-11f1-8066-4cf95d479851
29fb959a-ace2-11f1-8066-4cf95d479851
29fb95fe-ace2-11f1-8066-4cf95d479851

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)

f051363b-8e01-8d0f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
26983a3b-8e01-8d0f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
31633b3b-8e01-8d0f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
8cba3c3b-8e01-8d0f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
dcca3d3b-8e01-8d0f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
65373e3b-8e01-8d0f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
34053f3b-8e01-8d0f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
3523403b-8e01-8d0f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
afb0413b-8e01-8d0f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
5b82423b-8e01-8d0f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
4eb5433b-8e01-8d0f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
bdd1443b-8e01-8d0f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
d9e7453b-8e01-8d0f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
a083463b-8e01-8d0f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
cf30473b-8e01-8d0f-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)

2b2e0b96-4724-4eb5-bb26-d0db6f239ce9
2ee63766-e137-42a2-8d2b-4b950a7e6027
45d8009a-7445-48f6-9010-444c25fbb9bb
68e5385f-e3c3-479d-9289-ccc520483d0a
270850ee-d81c-4430-a3f9-a087adb73fff
7d1d5b77-59f1-49f1-91f0-b30e559c8d2a
9268ba2d-1c7c-47b7-a2b9-5e0dd6372e8f
074c7424-26d9-425a-bf25-7d23816848ec
7bc8ebc5-71be-4e3b-810f-2fae3a986e93
9a49e61c-c0d1-467d-83ca-a86dbd300928
35bb5747-65f1-49ad-acd0-40f7889a5941
5155e458-30e0-48b2-9533-f49b2b64925b
0ba3ad90-e829-4539-bf38-2e20e549b408
dda92942-40b7-48c7-87a6-fffcd66c6b5c
62646efd-5e0f-4b31-86ca-aabf5bd4d8f9

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: