Create a unique number with javascript time

Question

I need to generate unique id numbers on the fly using javascript. In the past, I\'ve done this by creating a number using time. The number would be made up of the four digi

Answer 1

Always get unique Id in JS

function getUniqueId(){
   return (new Date().getTime()).toString(36) + new Date().getUTCMilliseconds();
}

getUniqueId()    // Call the function

------------results like

//"ka2high4264"

//"ka2hj115905"

//"ka2hj1my690"

//"ka2hj23j287"

//"ka2hj2jp869"

Answer 2

    function UniqueValue(d){
        var dat_e = new Date();
        var uniqu_e = ((Math.random() *1000) +"").slice(-4)

        dat_e = dat_e.toISOString().replace(/[^0-9]/g, "").replace(dat_e.getFullYear(),uniqu_e);
        if(d==dat_e)
            dat_e = UniqueValue(dat_e);
        return dat_e;
    }

Call 1: UniqueValue('0')
Call 2: UniqueValue(UniqueValue('0')) // will be complex

Sample Output:
for(var i =0;i<10;i++){ console.log(UniqueValue(UniqueValue('0')));}
60950116113248802
26780116113248803
53920116113248803
35840116113248803
47430116113248803
41680116113248803
42980116113248804
34750116113248804
20950116113248804
03730116113248804

Answer 3

From investigating online I came up with the following object that creates a unique id per session:

        window.mwUnique ={
        prevTimeId : 0,
        prevUniqueId : 0,
        getUniqueID : function(){
            try {
                var d=new Date();
                var newUniqueId = d.getTime();
                if (newUniqueId == mwUnique.prevTimeId)
                    mwUnique.prevUniqueId = mwUnique.prevUniqueId + 1;
                else {
                    mwUnique.prevTimeId = newUniqueId;
                    mwUnique.prevUniqueId = 0;
                }
                newUniqueId = newUniqueId + '' + mwUnique.prevUniqueId;
                return newUniqueId;                     
            }
            catch(e) {
                mwTool.logError('mwUnique.getUniqueID error:' + e.message + '.');
            }
        }            
    }

It maybe helpful to some people.

Cheers

Andrew

Answer 4

This performs faster than creating a Date instance, uses less code and will always produce a unique number (locally):

function uniqueNumber() {
    var date = Date.now();

    // If created at same millisecond as previous
    if (date <= uniqueNumber.previous) {
        date = ++uniqueNumber.previous;
    } else {
        uniqueNumber.previous = date;
    }

    return date;
}

uniqueNumber.previous = 0;

jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/j8aLocan/

I've released this on Bower and npm: https://github.com/stevenvachon/unique-number

You could also use something more elaborate such as cuid, puid or shortid to generate a non-number.

Answer 5

if you want a unique number after few mili seconds then use Date.now(), if you want to use it inside a for loop then use Date.now() and Math.random() together

unique number inside a for loop

function getUniqueID(){
    for(var i = 0; i< 5; i++)
      console.log(Date.now() + ( (Math.random()*100000).toFixed()))
}
getUniqueID()

output:: all numbers are unique

15598251485988384 155982514859810330 155982514859860737 155982514859882244 155982514859883316

unique number without Math.random()

function getUniqueID(){
        for(var i = 0; i< 5; i++)
          console.log(Date.now())
    }
    getUniqueID()

output:: Numbers are repeated

1559825328327 1559825328327 1559825328327 1559825328328 1559825328328

Answer 6

use this:for creating unique number in javascript

var uniqueNumber=(new Date().getTime()).toString(36);

It really works. :)