UUID Validator & Decoder: Version, Variant, Timestamp

Valid 01a1ca16-f172-70db-aa6a-435a4b720a36

Version 7 Unix Epoch time-based Sortable by time

01a1ca16f172 unix_ts_ms

7 ver

0db rand_a

aa6a435a4b720a36 var + rand_b

Version	7 Unix Epoch time-based
Variant	RFC 9562 (formerly RFC 4122 / DCE 1.1) (bits `10`)
Timestamp (UTC)	`2026-11-11T10:11:03.666Z` Unix: 1794391863666 ms. Milliseconds.

Version

7 Unix Epoch time-based

Variant

RFC 9562 (formerly RFC 4122 / DCE 1.1) (bits 10)

Timestamp (UTC)

2026-11-11T10:11:03.666Z
Unix: 1794391863666 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)	`01a1ca16-f172-70db-aa6a-435a4b720a36`
Uppercase	`01A1CA16-F172-70DB-AA6A-435A4B720A36`
Microsoft GUID (braces)	`{01A1CA16-F172-70DB-AA6A-435A4B720A36}`
URN	`urn:uuid:01a1ca16-f172-70db-aa6a-435a4b720a36`
32 hex digits	`01a1ca16f17270dbaa6a435a4b720a36`
Base64 (RFC byte order)	`AaHKFvFycNuqakNaS3IKNg==`
128-bit integer (decimal)	`2169286654492773939881245592326900278`
.NET Guid.ToByteArray() (hex)	`16caa10172f1db70aa6a435a4b720a36`
.NET Guid bytes (Base64)	`FsqhAXLx23CqakNaS3IKNg==`

Standard (lowercase)

01a1ca16-f172-70db-aa6a-435a4b720a36

Uppercase

01A1CA16-F172-70DB-AA6A-435A4B720A36

Microsoft GUID (braces)

{01A1CA16-F172-70DB-AA6A-435A4B720A36}

URN

urn:uuid:01a1ca16-f172-70db-aa6a-435a4b720a36

32 hex digits

01a1ca16f17270dbaa6a435a4b720a36

Base64 (RFC byte order)

AaHKFvFycNuqakNaS3IKNg==

128-bit integer (decimal)

2169286654492773939881245592326900278

.NET Guid.ToByteArray() (hex)

16caa10172f1db70aa6a435a4b720a36

.NET Guid bytes (Base64)

FsqhAXLx23CqakNaS3IKNg==

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 digit	Meaning	Contains a timestamp?
1	Gregorian time-based	Yes (100 ns since 1582)
2	DCE Security	Partial
3	Name-based, MD5	No
4	Random	No
5	Name-based, SHA-1	No
6	Reordered Gregorian time	Yes (100 ns since 1582)
7	Unix Epoch time	Yes (ms since 1970)
8	Custom	Only if your format has one

Variant digit

Binary	Hex digit	Variant
`0xxx`	0 - 7	Reserved, NCS backward compatibility
`10xx`	8 - b	RFC 9562 (the standard variant)
`110x`	c - d	Reserved, Microsoft backward compatibility
`111x`	e - f	Reserved 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.

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Formats

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Variant digit

Valid `01a1ca16-f172-70db-aa6a-435a4b720a36`