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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 01a1b6aa-b1f3-71b8-923e-7eb50c0b3aa1

Version 7 Unix Epoch time-based Sortable by time
01a1b6aab1f3 unix_ts_ms
7 ver
1b8 rand_a
923e7eb50c0b3aa1 var + rand_b
Version7 Unix Epoch time-based
VariantRFC 9562 (formerly RFC 4122 / DCE 1.1) (bits 10)
Timestamp (UTC)2026-11-07T15:40:02.419Z
Unix: 1794066002419 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) 01a1b6aa-b1f3-71b8-923e-7eb50c0b3aa1
Uppercase 01A1B6AA-B1F3-71B8-923E-7EB50C0B3AA1
Microsoft GUID (braces) {01A1B6AA-B1F3-71B8-923E-7EB50C0B3AA1}
URN urn:uuid:01a1b6aa-b1f3-71b8-923e-7eb50c0b3aa1
32 hex digits 01a1b6aab1f371b8923e7eb50c0b3aa1
Base64 (RFC byte order) AaG2qrHzcbiSPn61DAs6oQ==
128-bit integer (decimal) 2168892712417667894747671651846666913
.NET Guid.ToByteArray() (hex) aab6a101f3b1b871923e7eb50c0b3aa1
.NET Guid bytes (Base64) qrahAfOxuHGSPn61DAs6oQ==

API: /api/decode/01a1b6aa-b1f3-71b8-923e-7eb50c0b3aa1

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.