Is python uuid1 sequential as timestamps?
Python docs states that uuid1 uses current time to form the uuid value. But I could not find a reference that ensures UUID1 is sequential. >>> import uuid >>> u1 = uuid.uuid1() >>> u2 = uuid.uuid1() >>> u1 < u2 True >>> But not always: >>> def test(n): ... old = uuid.uuid1() ... print old ... for x in range(n): ... new = uuid.uuid1() ... if old >= new: ... print "OOops" ... break ... old = new ... print new >>> test(1000000) fd4ae687-3619-11e1-8801-c82a1450e52f OOops 00000035-361a-11e1-bc9f-c82a1450e52f UUIDs Not Sequential No, standard UUIDs are not meant to be sequential. Apparently some