Generate a jid

def gen_jid(opts=None):
    '''
    Generate a jid
    '''
    if opts is None:
        salt.utils.versions.warn_until(
            'Sodium',
            'The `opts` argument was not passed into salt.utils.jid.gen_jid(). '
            'This will be required starting in {version}.'
        )
        opts = {}
    global LAST_JID_DATETIME  # pylint: disable=global-statement

    if opts.get('utc_jid', False):
        jid_dt = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
    else:
        jid_dt = datetime.datetime.now()
    if not opts.get('unique_jid', False):
        return '{0:%Y%m%d%H%M%S%f}'.format(jid_dt)
    if LAST_JID_DATETIME and LAST_JID_DATETIME >= jid_dt:
        jid_dt = LAST_JID_DATETIME + datetime.timedelta(microseconds=1)
    LAST_JID_DATETIME = jid_dt
    return '{0:%Y%m%d%H%M%S%f}_{1}'.format(jid_dt, os.getpid())