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= simple_uuid
Simple, scalable UUID generation.
== License
Copyright 2009-2010 Twitter, Inc. See included LICENSE file.
== Features
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
uuid = SimpleUUID::UUID.new => <UUID#2278170300 .... > uuid.to_time => Thu Aug 18 19:15:16 -0400 2011
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.
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We found that simple_uuid demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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