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)

01a05865-bf9e-711b-bd37-7d6f60e91349
01a05865-bf9e-730f-87ad-432d4cf58f69
01a05865-bf9e-74a4-a3b1-41d9ec6783b6
01a05865-bf9e-75fc-b940-8f6c57bec5f2
01a05865-bf9e-7759-afb2-1e040ab0bb93
01a05865-bf9e-78b5-9d6b-8e57b648053a
01a05865-bf9e-7a09-9e3d-040af524141c
01a05865-bf9e-7b71-9e88-c324a16a9cf1
01a05865-bf9e-7cd1-8376-421d25952128
01a05865-bf9e-7e36-afae-a3999255ef21
01a05865-bf9e-7f82-811a-392a111ad9eb
01a05865-bf9f-70da-893b-0f64b99438f8
01a05865-bf9f-7229-8002-f21809e11674
01a05865-bf9f-7379-8e83-4b7832fa6bb1
01a05865-bf9f-74e2-9649-f846db90e4bf

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)

1f1a54f1-a0e8-63da-9f73-4cf95d479851
1f1a54f1-a0e8-66a0-9f73-4cf95d479851
1f1a54f1-a0e8-6812-9f73-4cf95d479851
1f1a54f1-a0e8-6998-9f73-4cf95d479851
1f1a54f1-a0e8-6b46-9f73-4cf95d479851
1f1a54f1-a0e8-6ccc-9f73-4cf95d479851
1f1a54f1-a0e8-6e52-9f73-4cf95d479851
1f1a54f1-a0e8-6ff6-9f73-4cf95d479851
1f1a54f1-a0e9-612c-9f73-4cf95d479851
1f1a54f1-a0e9-62a8-9f73-4cf95d479851
1f1a54f1-a0e9-64ec-9f73-4cf95d479851
1f1a54f1-a0e9-6686-9f73-4cf95d479851
1f1a54f1-a0e9-6820-9f73-4cf95d479851
1f1a54f1-a0e9-6956-9f73-4cf95d479851
1f1a54f1-a0e9-6ac8-9f73-4cf95d479851

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)

1a0e9c8a-a54f-11f1-9f73-4cf95d479851
1a0e9d3e-a54f-11f1-9f73-4cf95d479851
1a0e9dde-a54f-11f1-9f73-4cf95d479851
1a0e9e74-a54f-11f1-9f73-4cf95d479851
1a0e9f14-a54f-11f1-9f73-4cf95d479851
1a0e9faa-a54f-11f1-9f73-4cf95d479851
1a0ea040-a54f-11f1-9f73-4cf95d479851
1a0ea0e0-a54f-11f1-9f73-4cf95d479851
1a0ea194-a54f-11f1-9f73-4cf95d479851
1a0ea220-a54f-11f1-9f73-4cf95d479851
1a0ea28e-a54f-11f1-9f73-4cf95d479851
1a0ea31a-a54f-11f1-9f73-4cf95d479851
1a0ea3c4-a54f-11f1-9f73-4cf95d479851
1a0ea464-a54f-11f1-9f73-4cf95d479851
1a0ea50e-a54f-11f1-9f73-4cf95d479851

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)

bae45626-9603-830f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
a2105726-9603-830f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
85ba5826-9603-830f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
823d5926-9603-830f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
ca7c5a26-9603-830f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
bc025b26-9603-830f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
49195c26-9603-830f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
1b2b5d26-9603-830f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
83d25e26-9603-830f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
86d55f26-9603-830f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
8ad06026-9603-830f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
a4b26126-9603-830f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
41cf6226-9603-830f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
31b16326-9603-830f-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
1be96426-9603-830f-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)

b0daf007-1f29-4e5f-a97b-ef816e78386d
7d092072-98dd-454e-9529-244987fe8336
0b5a96fe-f825-49d3-8e52-a1d7c919e27d
37157147-95f6-428e-9c1a-13bc84b7a9dd
5f95338d-6fc6-4c03-8006-315f29ac467a
c6cf53e6-9c24-476c-bed7-2b15df73fe55
030894ec-5b68-4c45-911f-4ab233a44b37
e8b4b518-2878-4bfa-8f11-ad19e3a3675d
d2f8eab9-47ee-4b43-9517-b47866e9543a
cd3c8067-4b94-4d76-949c-bddf56d080b5
a908cfb5-1b55-4973-a8e2-b59db3b36f7e
9fb91eed-1a06-4c75-b176-762acd09fb2e
e5af0964-e6dc-49ce-9bcd-5b41d073d6bd
5642a210-53f8-4e36-9af3-2c042b7fc0d9
61faed92-60b1-44f5-8350-cc7def3c9158

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: