UUID Validator & Decoder: Version, Variant, Timestamp

Valid 01a19fe8-6ded-7146-b858-336371701557

Version 7 Unix Epoch time-based Sortable by time

01a19fe86ded unix_ts_ms

7 ver

146 rand_a

b858336371701557 var + rand_b

Version	7 Unix Epoch time-based
Variant	RFC 9562 (formerly RFC 4122 / DCE 1.1) (bits `10`)
Timestamp (UTC)	`2026-11-03T05:36:12.269Z` Unix: 1793684172269 ms. Milliseconds.

Version

7 Unix Epoch time-based

Variant

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

Timestamp (UTC)

2026-11-03T05:36:12.269Z
Unix: 1793684172269 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)	`01a19fe8-6ded-7146-b858-336371701557`
Uppercase	`01A19FE8-6DED-7146-B858-336371701557`
Microsoft GUID (braces)	`{01A19FE8-6DED-7146-B858-336371701557}`
URN	`urn:uuid:01a19fe8-6ded-7146-b858-336371701557`
32 hex digits	`01a19fe86ded7146b858336371701557`
Base64 (RFC byte order)	`AaGf6G3tcUa4WDNjcXAVVw==`
128-bit integer (decimal)	`2168431108090623467764298922547221847`
.NET Guid.ToByteArray() (hex)	`e89fa101ed6d4671b858336371701557`
.NET Guid bytes (Base64)	`6J+hAe1tRnG4WDNjcXAVVw==`

Standard (lowercase)

01a19fe8-6ded-7146-b858-336371701557

Uppercase

01A19FE8-6DED-7146-B858-336371701557

Microsoft GUID (braces)

{01A19FE8-6DED-7146-B858-336371701557}

URN

urn:uuid:01a19fe8-6ded-7146-b858-336371701557

32 hex digits

01a19fe86ded7146b858336371701557

Base64 (RFC byte order)

AaGf6G3tcUa4WDNjcXAVVw==

128-bit integer (decimal)

2168431108090623467764298922547221847

.NET Guid.ToByteArray() (hex)

e89fa101ed6d4671b858336371701557

.NET Guid bytes (Base64)

6J+hAe1tRnG4WDNjcXAVVw==

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

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Formats

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Variant digit

Valid `01a19fe8-6ded-7146-b858-336371701557`