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New time-based UUID formats which are suited for use as a database key

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uuid6

New time-based UUID formats which are suited for use as a database key.

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This module extends immutable UUID objects (the UUID class) with the functions uuid6() and uuid7() from the IETF draft.

Install

pip install uuid6

Usage

from uuid6 import uuid6, uuid7

my_uuid = uuid6()
print(my_uuid)
assert my_uuid < uuid6()

my_uuid = uuid7()
print(my_uuid)
assert my_uuid < uuid7()

UUIDv6 Field and Bit Layout

        0                   1                   2                   3
        0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                           time_high                           |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |           time_mid            |      time_low_and_version     |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |clk_seq_hi_res |  clk_seq_low  |         node (0-1)            |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                         node (2-5)                            |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

UUIDv7 Field and Bit Layout

Draft 04

        0                   1                   2                   3
        0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                           unix_ts_ms                          |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |          unix_ts_ms           |  ver  |       rand_a          |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |var|                        rand_b                             |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                            rand_b                             |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

This implementation

        0                   1                   2                   3
        0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                           unix_ts_ms                          |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |          unix_ts_ms           |  ver  |      subsec_a         |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |var|   subsec_b    |         rand                              |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        |                             rand                              |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  • unix_ts_ms: 48 bit big-endian unsigned number of Unix epoch timestamp with millisecond level of precision
  • ver: The 4 bit UUIDv7 version (0111)
  • subsec_a: 12 bits allocated to sub-second precision values
  • var: 2 bit UUID variant (10)
  • subsec_b: 8 bits allocated to sub-second precision values
  • rand: The remaining 54 bits are filled with pseudo-random data

20 extra bits dedicated to sub-second precision provide nanosecond resolution. The unix_ts and subsec fields guarantee the order of UUIDs generated within the same nanosecond by monotonically incrementing the timer.

Performance

Run the shell script bench.sh to test on your own machine.

Results

MacBook Air 2020

Python 3.10.2
Mean +- std dev: 1.02 us +- 0.01 us
Mean +- std dev: 1.13 us +- 0.02 us
Mean +- std dev: 2.33 us +- 0.02 us
Mean +- std dev: 1.91 us +- 0.02 us
+-----------+---------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Benchmark | uuid1   | uuid4                 | uuid6                 | uuid7                 |
+===========+=========+=======================+=======================+=======================+
| timeit    | 1.02 us | 1.13 us: 1.11x slower | 2.33 us: 2.29x slower | 1.91 us: 1.87x slower |
+-----------+---------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

Google Cloud Shell VM

Python 3.9.2
Mean +- std dev: 12.6 us +- 0.5 us
Mean +- std dev: 3.06 us +- 0.14 us
Mean +- std dev: 6.42 us +- 0.37 us
Mean +- std dev: 4.94 us +- 0.24 us
+-----------+---------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Benchmark | uuid1   | uuid4                 | uuid6                 | uuid7                 |
+===========+=========+=======================+=======================+=======================+
| timeit    | 12.6 us | 3.06 us: 4.11x faster | 6.42 us: 1.95x faster | 4.94 us: 2.54x faster |
+-----------+---------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

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