From 6ed9a161989d67f36c298016587f91c95f0f280e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Marriner Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 19:39:03 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added a visual reference of snowflake format --- README.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index cced6e4..72fe87d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ Each time you generate an ID, it works, like this. * Then the NodeID is added in subsequent bits. * Then the Sequence Number is added, starting at 0 and incrementing for each ID generated in the same millisecond. If you generate enough IDs in the same millisecond that the sequence would roll over or overfill then the generate function will pause until the next millisecond. ++--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 1 Bit Unused | 41 Bit Timestamp | 10 Bit NodeID | 12 Bit Sequence ID | ++--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + + Using the default settings, this allows for 4096 unique IDs to be generated every millisecond, per Node ID. ## Getting Started