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)

01a1443a-c698-7477-83b7-e4a611407282
01a1443a-c698-7677-aef5-3f4c8a3f5906
01a1443a-c698-77c7-886e-0ea0fa157d54
01a1443a-c698-78ea-ba31-1f638999b5ce
01a1443a-c698-7a00-8ede-f0d83dda997c
01a1443a-c698-7b13-acc8-f4fb95387cc0
01a1443a-c698-7c29-b65d-d556aef8015c
01a1443a-c698-7d40-83a8-957d22212812
01a1443a-c698-7e5f-a067-fe38709c3087
01a1443a-c698-7f75-ad49-8e48d0cef4b0
01a1443a-c699-708c-8661-37a2c0f00f37
01a1443a-c699-719e-9124-0fae0977fc30
01a1443a-c699-72b1-a903-588d54854de4
01a1443a-c699-73d3-b98e-916867984651
01a1443a-c699-74ea-bc23-fb137b0ffbe7

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)

1f1c94b4-b6f0-6894-8846-4cf95d479851
1f1c94b4-b6f0-6a7e-8846-4cf95d479851
1f1c94b4-b6f0-6b78-8846-4cf95d479851
1f1c94b4-b6f0-6c5e-8846-4cf95d479851
1f1c94b4-b6f0-6d30-8846-4cf95d479851
1f1c94b4-b6f0-6e02-8846-4cf95d479851
1f1c94b4-b6f0-6ede-8846-4cf95d479851
1f1c94b4-b6f0-6fb0-8846-4cf95d479851
1f1c94b4-b6f1-6082-8846-4cf95d479851
1f1c94b4-b6f1-6154-8846-4cf95d479851
1f1c94b4-b6f1-62d0-8846-4cf95d479851
1f1c94b4-b6f1-63c0-8846-4cf95d479851
1f1c94b4-b6f1-6492-8846-4cf95d479851
1f1c94b4-b6f1-6578-8846-4cf95d479851
1f1c94b4-b6f1-6654-8846-4cf95d479851

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)

4b6f1744-c94b-11f1-8846-4cf95d479851
4b6f17b2-c94b-11f1-8846-4cf95d479851
4b6f1816-c94b-11f1-8846-4cf95d479851
4b6f187a-c94b-11f1-8846-4cf95d479851
4b6f18e8-c94b-11f1-8846-4cf95d479851
4b6f194c-c94b-11f1-8846-4cf95d479851
4b6f19b0-c94b-11f1-8846-4cf95d479851
4b6f1a1e-c94b-11f1-8846-4cf95d479851
4b6f1a82-c94b-11f1-8846-4cf95d479851
4b6f1ae6-c94b-11f1-8846-4cf95d479851
4b6f1b54-c94b-11f1-8846-4cf95d479851
4b6f1bc2-c94b-11f1-8846-4cf95d479851
4b6f1c26-c94b-11f1-8846-4cf95d479851
4b6f1c8a-c94b-11f1-8846-4cf95d479851
4b6f1cee-c94b-11f1-8846-4cf95d479851

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)

1fe30d05-6e02-8112-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
4f340e05-6e02-8112-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
08860f05-6e02-8112-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
546a1005-6e02-8112-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
2dd51105-6e02-8112-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
c6a01205-6e02-8112-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
af2c1305-6e02-8112-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
007c1405-6e02-8112-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
1db61505-6e02-8112-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
afaf1605-6e02-8112-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
9e3a1705-6e02-8112-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
c9521805-6e02-8112-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
20991905-6e02-8112-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
ab4f1a05-6e02-8112-87ea-5ce32bd83b97
37b81b05-6e02-8112-87ea-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)

e11039b8-8dca-42b5-aefc-ee9dc30e472a
b4209190-585b-4aea-baca-2a1dc07f288e
e7ef14b5-83f2-4161-8987-2297b60b6058
c7e1792e-eb25-4344-bd76-f0b29c379ccc
1071d429-4ca7-4f1f-a3bf-15c0bdcbd16a
e9c8c20b-5301-4d14-ae1d-a5c267425fb3
54b5ef86-e74b-404a-868f-95e9c64e2f79
0696917e-47cc-4077-b77e-fc89bb2dfe8c
5d0b03dc-399f-4952-b121-10b3be169e47
314fd454-3485-4da7-b229-706220ad976c
de9aca20-0b5c-4095-81b6-98ea79e34dbe
b8ac74d5-3b3a-4dbc-bccc-9ada8419fd1b
c4d4fac7-6cda-4dfa-9819-095c7c393a08
9fb171a8-4d51-4814-9359-f9fc4fb4e5e5
4cd34c63-3433-4c8e-8605-3a9582647a85

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: