= simple_uuid
Simple, scalable UUID generation.
== License
Copyright 2009-2010 Twitter, Inc. See included LICENSE file.
== Features
- pure-Ruby
- no MAC address scraping
- no file-based locking
This library implements UUID format version 1, as specified in {RFC 4122}[http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4122.txt], with jitter in place of the mac address and sequence counter.
== Installation
Install the gem:
sudo gem install simple_uuid
== Usage
Creating and getting a timestamp from the UUID
uuid = SimpleUUID::UUID.new => <UUID#2278170300 .... >
uuid.to_time => Thu Aug 18 19:15:16 -0400 2011
Given raw bytes from a source such as cassandra (using bytes from an existing UUID as an example)
bytes = SimpleUUID::UUID.new.bytes
SimpleUUID::UUID.to_time(bytes) => Thu Aug 18 19:15:16 -0400 2011
== Reporting problems
The support forum is here[http://github.com/cassandra-rb/simple_uuid/issues].
Patches and contributions are very welcome.