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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 01a1bc44-9e60-716d-a403-6a1b4fec4dc5

Version 7 Unix Epoch time-based Sortable by time
01a1bc449e60 unix_ts_ms
7 ver
16d rand_a
a4036a1b4fec4dc5 var + rand_b
Version7 Unix Epoch time-based
VariantRFC 9562 (formerly RFC 4122 / DCE 1.1) (bits 10)
Timestamp (UTC)2026-11-08T17:46:16.032Z
Unix: 1794159976032 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) 01a1bc44-9e60-716d-a403-6a1b4fec4dc5
Uppercase 01A1BC44-9E60-716D-A403-6A1B4FEC4DC5
Microsoft GUID (braces) {01A1BC44-9E60-716D-A403-6A1B4FEC4DC5}
URN urn:uuid:01a1bc44-9e60-716d-a403-6a1b4fec4dc5
32 hex digits 01a1bc449e60716da4036a1b4fec4dc5
Base64 (RFC byte order) AaG8RJ5gcW2kA2obT+xNxQ==
128-bit integer (decimal) 2169006319544784685493475489740508613
.NET Guid.ToByteArray() (hex) 44bca101609e6d71a4036a1b4fec4dc5
.NET Guid bytes (Base64) RLyhAWCebXGkA2obT+xNxQ==

API: /api/decode/01a1bc44-9e60-716d-a403-6a1b4fec4dc5

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.