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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.

Accepts hyphenated, 32 hex digits, {braces}, urn:uuid:, any case. Try a fresh v7.

Valid 01a1a9f8-741a-716a-a540-6526dd82b5b4

Version 7 Unix Epoch time-based Sortable by time
01a1a9f8741a unix_ts_ms
7 ver
16a rand_a
a5406526dd82b5b4 var + rand_b
Version7 Unix Epoch time-based
VariantRFC 9562 (formerly RFC 4122 / DCE 1.1) (bits 10)
Timestamp (UTC)2026-11-05T04:29:54.586Z
Unix: 1793852994586 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) 01a1a9f8-741a-716a-a540-6526dd82b5b4
Uppercase 01A1A9F8-741A-716A-A540-6526DD82B5B4
Microsoft GUID (braces) {01A1A9F8-741A-716A-A540-6526DD82B5B4}
URN urn:uuid:01a1a9f8-741a-716a-a540-6526dd82b5b4
32 hex digits 01a1a9f8741a716aa5406526dd82b5b4
Base64 (RFC byte order) AaGp+HQacWqlQGUm3YK1tA==
128-bit integer (decimal) 2168635201748572596215660299757467060
.NET Guid.ToByteArray() (hex) f8a9a1011a746a71a5406526dd82b5b4
.NET Guid bytes (Base64) +KmhARp0anGlQGUm3YK1tA==

API: /api/decode/01a1a9f8-741a-716a-a540-6526dd82b5b4

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.