public static class GuidUtil

    {

        private static readonly long EpochMilliseconds = new DateTime(, , , , , , DateTimeKind.Utc).Ticks / 10000L;

        /// <summary>

        /// Creates a sequential GUID according to SQL Server's ordering rules.

        /// </summary>

        public static Guid NewSequentialId()

        {

            // This code was not reviewed to guarantee uniqueness under most conditions, nor completely optimize for avoiding

            // page splits in SQL Server when doing inserts from multiple hosts, so do not re-use in production systems.

            var guidBytes = Guid.NewGuid().ToByteArray();

            // get the milliseconds since Jan 1 1970

            byte[] sequential = BitConverter.GetBytes((DateTime.Now.Ticks / 10000L) - EpochMilliseconds);

            // discard the 2 most significant bytes, as we only care about the milliseconds increasing, but the highest ones

            // should be 0 for several thousand years to come (non-issue).

            if (BitConverter.IsLittleEndian)

            {

                guidBytes[] = sequential[];

                guidBytes[] = sequential[];

                guidBytes[] = sequential[];

                guidBytes[] = sequential[];

                guidBytes[] = sequential[];

                guidBytes[] = sequential[];

            }

            else

            {

                Buffer.BlockCopy(sequential, , guidBytes, , );

            }

            return new Guid(guidBytes);

        }

    }