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C# Comb Guid generation
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// C# Comb Guid generation | |
// Found at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/665417/sequential-guid-in-linq-to-sql/2187898#2187898 | |
Guid GenerateComb() | |
{ | |
byte[] destinationArray = Guid.NewGuid().ToByteArray(); | |
DateTime time = new DateTime(0x76c, 1, 1); | |
DateTime now = DateTime.Now; | |
TimeSpan span = new TimeSpan(now.Ticks - time.Ticks); | |
TimeSpan timeOfDay = now.TimeOfDay; | |
byte[] bytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(span.Days); | |
byte[] array = BitConverter.GetBytes((long) (timeOfDay.TotalMilliseconds / 3.333333)); | |
Array.Reverse(bytes); | |
Array.Reverse(array); | |
Array.Copy(bytes, bytes.Length - 2, destinationArray, destinationArray.Length - 6, 2); | |
Array.Copy(array, array.Length - 4, destinationArray, destinationArray.Length - 4, 4); | |
return new Guid(destinationArray); | |
} |
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