universalid 0.0.1

UUID with built-in creation date

UniversalID

Generates unique id's

Features

• Unid includes a datetime stamp - your can extract the creation time from a Unid
• You can assign a custom prefix to your id, e.g. a country code
• Unid is case-insentitive
• Base 36 encoded (digits + letters from A-Z)
• Uses the secrets library to generate cryptographically strong pseudo-random numbers

Getting started

>>>> from universalid import Unid
>>>> Unid.create(prefix='DK')
'DKDQ2D6JCJXI2Q82J06X0PK16P34XDO0'

>>>> unid = Unid.create()
>>>> Unid.get_time( unid )
datetime.datetime(2018, 12, 20, 11, 36, 27, 756356)

Inspiration

The Nano id project
Nano Id collision calculator

Universal ID in Lotus Notes