UUID Validator & Decoder: Version, Variant, Timestamp

Valid 01a1a1b5-a140-731f-a2dc-45b4c6734bc2

Version 7 Unix Epoch time-based Sortable by time

01a1a1b5a140 unix_ts_ms

7 ver

31f rand_a

a2dc45b4c6734bc2 var + rand_b

Version	7 Unix Epoch time-based
Variant	RFC 9562 (formerly RFC 4122 / DCE 1.1) (bits `10`)
Timestamp (UTC)	`2026-11-03T13:59:57.504Z` Unix: 1793714397504 ms. Milliseconds.

Version

7 Unix Epoch time-based

Variant

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

Timestamp (UTC)

2026-11-03T13:59:57.504Z
Unix: 1793714397504 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)	`01a1a1b5-a140-731f-a2dc-45b4c6734bc2`
Uppercase	`01A1A1B5-A140-731F-A2DC-45B4C6734BC2`
Microsoft GUID (braces)	`{01A1A1B5-A140-731F-A2DC-45B4C6734BC2}`
URN	`urn:uuid:01a1a1b5-a140-731f-a2dc-45b4c6734bc2`
32 hex digits	`01a1a1b5a140731fa2dc45b4c6734bc2`
Base64 (RFC byte order)	`AaGhtaFAcx+i3EW0xnNLwg==`
128-bit integer (decimal)	`2168467648157627611302396906010004418`
.NET Guid.ToByteArray() (hex)	`b5a1a10140a11f73a2dc45b4c6734bc2`
.NET Guid bytes (Base64)	`taGhAUChH3Oi3EW0xnNLwg==`

Standard (lowercase)

01a1a1b5-a140-731f-a2dc-45b4c6734bc2

Uppercase

01A1A1B5-A140-731F-A2DC-45B4C6734BC2

Microsoft GUID (braces)

{01A1A1B5-A140-731F-A2DC-45B4C6734BC2}

URN

urn:uuid:01a1a1b5-a140-731f-a2dc-45b4c6734bc2

32 hex digits

01a1a1b5a140731fa2dc45b4c6734bc2

Base64 (RFC byte order)

AaGhtaFAcx+i3EW0xnNLwg==

128-bit integer (decimal)

2168467648157627611302396906010004418

.NET Guid.ToByteArray() (hex)

b5a1a10140a11f73a2dc45b4c6734bc2

.NET Guid bytes (Base64)

taGhAUChH3Oi3EW0xnNLwg==

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

How to decode a UUID

Variant digit

Valid `01a1a1b5-a140-731f-a2dc-45b4c6734bc2`