Postgres PL/pgSQL function for UUID v7 and a bonus custom UUID v8 to support microsecond precision as well. Read more here: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-peabody-dispatch-new-uuid-format/

A_UUID_v7_for_Postgres.sql

-- Based off IETF draft, https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-peabody-dispatch-new-uuid-format/

create or replace function uuid_generate_v7()
returns uuid
as $$
begin
  -- use random v4 uuid as starting point (which has the same variant we need)
  -- then overlay timestamp
  -- then set version 7 by flipping the 2 and 1 bit in the version 4 string
  return encode(
    set_bit(
      set_bit(
        overlay(uuid_send(gen_random_uuid())
                placing substring(int8send(floor(extract(epoch from clock_timestamp()) * 1000)::bigint) from 3)
                from 1 for 6
        ),
        52, 1
      ),
      53, 1
    ),
    'hex')::uuid;
end
$$
language plpgsql
volatile;

-- Generate a custom UUID v8 with microsecond precision
create or replace function uuid_generate_v8()
returns uuid
as $$
declare
  timestamp    timestamptz;
  microseconds int;
begin
  timestamp    = clock_timestamp();
  microseconds = (cast(extract(microseconds from timestamp)::int - (floor(extract(milliseconds from timestamp))::int * 1000) as double precision) * 4.096)::int;

  -- use random v4 uuid as starting point (which has the same variant we need)
  -- then overlay timestamp
  -- then set version 8 and add microseconds
  return encode(
    set_byte(
      set_byte(
        overlay(uuid_send(gen_random_uuid())
                placing substring(int8send(floor(extract(epoch from timestamp) * 1000)::bigint) from 3)
                from 1 for 6
        ),
        6, (b'1000' || (microseconds >> 8)::bit(4))::bit(8)::int
      ),
      7, microseconds::bit(8)::int
    ),
    'hex')::uuid;
end
$$
language plpgsql
volatile;

CONTRIBUTORS.txt

PERFORMANCE: Move from pgcrypto to built-in gen_random_uuid():
  Curtis Summers (https://github.com/csummers)

PERFORMANCE: Use set_bit to upgrade v4 to v7, not set_byte:
PERFORMANCE: Reduce local variable use while still being maintainable
  Rolf Timmermans (https://github.com/rolftimmermans)

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@ardabeyazoglu I guess the function in your link does not implement UUIDv7 correctly (to the extent we can call any implementation of a draft RFC "correct"). There is an implementation of uuid_generate_v8() given in this gist. I suggest using that; it's fast and has microsecond precision.

Edit: Seems like the draft RFC is changing the level of precision allowed in UUIDv7: https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-uuidrev-rfc4122bis-14.html#name-uuid-version-7

Hello @ardabeyazoglu, it is a bit of a subtle answer. Earlier drafts of UUIDv7 contained sub-second precision bits in the format, that an implementation MAY use. UUIDv8 was for all custom usage that was implementation controlled. Current versions of the draft made UUIDv7 only for millisecond precision, and all sub-millisecond precision was moved to UUIDv8 for custom formats. The implementation attached to this draft for UUIDv7 conforms to the current drafts, while the UUIDv8 in this gist conforms to old UUIDv7 with microsecond precision.

The gist you linked to was an old UUIDv7 implementation with microsecond precision. If you want to compare apples to apples, please compare uuid_generate_v8 in this gist to the other implementation for performance analysis.

Note, uuid_generate_v7 in this gist is sorted in your example query. It is generating that many UUIDs per millisecond that they look unordered in the test query. As Rolf indicated.

Thanks @rolftimmermans for answering these questions, thought I would provide more color if this helpful.

Thanks for detailed clarification @kjmph, I also saw the difference after reading the codes carefully.

@kjmph, FYI

According to current RFC (was 4122 now it's RFC 9562 - Universally Unique IDentifiers (UUIDs) ):

uuidv7 may contain:

1. An OPTIONAL sub-millisecond timestamp fraction (12 bits at maximum) as per Section 6.2 (Method 3).

IMHO, it's ok to fill rand_a with 12 bit of microseconds in uuid v7