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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 01a1bb56-0842-73c7-9b4c-55552715a9d2

Version 7 Unix Epoch time-based Sortable by time
01a1bb560842 unix_ts_ms
7 ver
3c7 rand_a
9b4c55552715a9d2 var + rand_b
Version7 Unix Epoch time-based
VariantRFC 9562 (formerly RFC 4122 / DCE 1.1) (bits 10)
Timestamp (UTC)2026-11-08T13:25:40.034Z
Unix: 1794144340034 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) 01a1bb56-0842-73c7-9b4c-55552715a9d2
Uppercase 01A1BB56-0842-73C7-9B4C-55552715A9D2
Microsoft GUID (braces) {01A1BB56-0842-73C7-9B4C-55552715A9D2}
URN urn:uuid:01a1bb56-0842-73c7-9b4c-55552715a9d2
32 hex digits 01a1bb56084273c79b4c55552715a9d2
Base64 (RFC byte order) AaG7VghCc8ebTFVVJxWp0g==
128-bit integer (decimal) 2168987416783098147102867901109348818
.NET Guid.ToByteArray() (hex) 56bba1014208c7739b4c55552715a9d2
.NET Guid bytes (Base64) VruhAUIIx3ObTFVVJxWp0g==

API: /api/decode/01a1bb56-0842-73c7-9b4c-55552715a9d2

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.