UUID Validator & Decoder: Version, Variant, Timestamp

Valid 01a16a03-d541-723a-b56b-2ebcda32e6d7

Version 7 Unix Epoch time-based Sortable by time

01a16a03d541 unix_ts_ms

7 ver

23a rand_a

b56b2ebcda32e6d7 var + rand_b

Version	7 Unix Epoch time-based
Variant	RFC 9562 (formerly RFC 4122 / DCE 1.1) (bits `10`)
Timestamp (UTC)	`2026-10-23T18:26:38.529Z` Unix: 1792779998529 ms. Milliseconds.

Version

7 Unix Epoch time-based

Variant

RFC 9562 (formerly RFC 4122 / DCE 1.1) (bits 10)

Timestamp (UTC)

2026-10-23T18:26:38.529Z
Unix: 1792779998529 ms. Milliseconds.

Version 7 UUIDs start with a 48-bit Unix timestamp in milliseconds followed by random bits, so they sort by creation time.

Formats

Standard (lowercase)	`01a16a03-d541-723a-b56b-2ebcda32e6d7`
Uppercase	`01A16A03-D541-723A-B56B-2EBCDA32E6D7`
Microsoft GUID (braces)	`{01A16A03-D541-723A-B56B-2EBCDA32E6D7}`
URN	`urn:uuid:01a16a03-d541-723a-b56b-2ebcda32e6d7`
32 hex digits	`01a16a03d541723ab56b2ebcda32e6d7`
Base64 (RFC byte order)	`AaFqA9VBcjq1ay682jLm1w==`
128-bit integer (decimal)	`2167338029110924443939415840018065111`
.NET Guid.ToByteArray() (hex)	`036aa10141d53a72b56b2ebcda32e6d7`
.NET Guid bytes (Base64)	`A2qhAUHVOnK1ay682jLm1w==`

Standard (lowercase)

01a16a03-d541-723a-b56b-2ebcda32e6d7

Uppercase

01A16A03-D541-723A-B56B-2EBCDA32E6D7

Microsoft GUID (braces)

{01A16A03-D541-723A-B56B-2EBCDA32E6D7}

URN

urn:uuid:01a16a03-d541-723a-b56b-2ebcda32e6d7

32 hex digits

01a16a03d541723ab56b2ebcda32e6d7

Base64 (RFC byte order)

AaFqA9VBcjq1ay682jLm1w==

128-bit integer (decimal)

2167338029110924443939415840018065111

.NET Guid.ToByteArray() (hex)

036aa10141d53a72b56b2ebcda32e6d7

.NET Guid bytes (Base64)

A2qhAUHVOnK1ay682jLm1w==

How to decode a UUID

Every RFC 9562 UUID stores its version in the 13th hex digit and its variant in the top bits of the 17th digit:

xxxxxxxx-xxxx-Mxxx-Nxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
             M = version (1-8)   N = variant (8, 9, a, b = RFC 9562)

Version digit	Meaning	Contains a timestamp?
1	Gregorian time-based	Yes (100 ns since 1582)
2	DCE Security	Partial
3	Name-based, MD5	No
4	Random	No
5	Name-based, SHA-1	No
6	Reordered Gregorian time	Yes (100 ns since 1582)
7	Unix Epoch time	Yes (ms since 1970)
8	Custom	Only if your format has one

Variant digit

Binary	Hex digit	Variant
`0xxx`	0 - 7	Reserved, NCS backward compatibility
`10xx`	8 - b	RFC 9562 (the standard variant)
`110x`	c - d	Reserved, Microsoft backward compatibility
`111x`	e - f	Reserved for future definition

The decoder never throws on odd input: unknown versions, legacy variants and the special nil (00000000-…) and max (ffffffff-…) UUIDs all produce a readable result.

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UUID Validator & Decoder

Valid 01a16a03-d541-723a-b56b-2ebcda32e6d7 Copy

Formats

How to decode a UUID

Variant digit

Valid `01a16a03-d541-723a-b56b-2ebcda32e6d7`