Time-Sorted Unique Identifiers (TSIDs) are 64-bit identifiers that are both globally unique and naturally sortable by generation time. The Hypersistence TSID library provides a Java implementation where each ID encodes a 42-bit millisecond timestamp, a configurable node ID (up to 20 bits), and a counter. This structure allows distributed systems to generate unique IDs across nodes without coordination by assigning each node a distinct node ID. The library supports generating TSIDs via a thread-safe factory, serializing them as long integers or Base-32 encoded 13-character strings, deserializing them back, and extracting the embedded timestamp. Factory configuration supports custom clocks, custom epochs, and node settings via builder methods, system properties, or environment variables.
