The UUID (universally unique id) comparator type is used to avoid collisions in column names. Alternatively, use the timeuuid.

Timeuuid types can be entered as integers for CQL input. A value of the timeuuid type is a Type 1 UUID. A Version 1 UUID includes the time of its generation. The timeuuid types are sorted by timestamp, making them ideal for use in applications requiring conflict-free timestamps. For example, you can use this type to identify a column (such as a blog entry) by its timestamp and allow multiple clients to write to the same partition key simultaneously. Collisions that could potentially overwrite data that was not intended to be overwritten cannot occur.

A valid timeuuid conforms to the timeuuid format shown in valid literals.