enhanced-aid

A time-sortable, ultra-simple identifier.
Inspired by syuilo's AID.

Installation

npm i eaid

Specification

Description

The format of the enhanced AID consists of timestamp part and random part.
The enhanced AID have some variations of specifications.

+--------------------+--------------------+
|   timestamp part   |     random part    |
+--------------------+--------------------+

timestamp part

The timestamp part is base36 string made from unixtime in milliseconds.
It must have 9 charactors in the all specifications.

random part

The random part is base36 string made from random value.
It must be an appropriate length of string for the target Specification(e.g. EAID12, EAID24).

EAID12

• timestamp part (9 characters)
• random part (3 characters)

EAID16

• timestamp part (9 characters)
• random part (7 characters)

EAID24

• timestamp part (9 characters)
• random part (15 characters)

EAID32

• timestamp part (9 characters)
• random part (23 characters)

License

MIT Licensed