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UUID Validator & Decoder

Paste a UUID or GUID to check it and see what is inside: version, variant, timestamp and more.

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Valid 01a1a98b-f993-709b-b5b8-a5e5a40b0e50

Version 7 Unix Epoch time-based Sortable by time
01a1a98bf993 unix_ts_ms
7 ver
09b rand_a
b5b8a5e5a40b0e50 var + rand_b
Version7 Unix Epoch time-based
VariantRFC 9562 (formerly RFC 4122 / DCE 1.1) (bits 10)
Timestamp (UTC)2026-11-05T02:31:25.331Z
Unix: 1793845885331 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) 01a1a98b-f993-709b-b5b8-a5e5a40b0e50
Uppercase 01A1A98B-F993-709B-B5B8-A5E5A40B0E50
Microsoft GUID (braces) {01A1A98B-F993-709B-B5B8-A5E5A40B0E50}
URN urn:uuid:01a1a98b-f993-709b-b5b8-a5e5a40b0e50
32 hex digits 01a1a98bf993709bb5b8a5e5a40b0e50
Base64 (RFC byte order) AaGpi/mTcJu1uKXlpAsOUA==
128-bit integer (decimal) 2168626607186641054525873306055937616
.NET Guid.ToByteArray() (hex) 8ba9a10193f99b70b5b8a5e5a40b0e50
.NET Guid bytes (Base64) i6mhAZP5m3C1uKXlpAsOUA==

API: /api/decode/01a1a98b-f993-709b-b5b8-a5e5a40b0e50

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 digitMeaningContains a timestamp?
1Gregorian time-basedYes (100 ns since 1582)
2DCE SecurityPartial
3Name-based, MD5No
4RandomNo
5Name-based, SHA-1No
6Reordered Gregorian timeYes (100 ns since 1582)
7Unix Epoch timeYes (ms since 1970)
8CustomOnly if your format has one

Variant digit

BinaryHex digitVariant
0xxx0 - 7Reserved, NCS backward compatibility
10xx8 - bRFC 9562 (the standard variant)
110xc - dReserved, Microsoft backward compatibility
111xe - fReserved 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.

Learn more in UUID versions explained.