uuid

Documentation

Index

• type UUID
  • func FromTime(aTime time.Time) UUID
  • func TimeUUID() UUID
  • func (u UUID) String() string

Types

type UUID

type UUID [16]byte

UUID - unique identifier type representing a 128 bit number

func FromTime

func FromTime(aTime time.Time) UUID

FromTime generates a new time based UUID (version 1) as described in RFC 4122. This UUID contains the MAC address of the node that generated the UUID, the given timestamp and a sequence number.

func TimeUUID

func TimeUUID() UUID

TimeUUID generates a new time based UUID (version 1) using the current time as the timestamp.

func (UUID) String

func (u UUID) String() string

String returns the UUID in it's canonical form, a 32 digit hexadecimal number in the form of xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx.