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luxon vs datefns vs moment
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Comparing performance of:
datefns vs luxon vs moment
Created:
5 years ago
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HTML Preparation code:
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/luxon@1.26.0/build/global/luxon.min.js"></script> <script src="https://igor.moomers.org/random/datefns.js"></script> <script src='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/moment.js/2.22.0/moment.min.js'></script>
Script Preparation code:
window.ds = "2020-02-19T00:51:53.623839+00:00";
Tests:
datefns
window.datefns.parseISO(window.ds)
luxon
luxon.DateTime.fromISO(ds);
moment
moment(ds)
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Suite status:
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datefns
luxon
moment
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N/A
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N/A
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(Test run date:
11 months ago
)
User agent:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/137.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/137.0.0.0
Browser/OS:
Chrome 137 on Windows
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Executions per second
datefns
651307.8 Ops/sec
luxon
409290.2 Ops/sec
moment
145017.7 Ops/sec
Autogenerated LLM Summary
(model
llama3.2:3b
, generated one year ago):
**Overview** MeasureThat.net is a website that allows users to create and run JavaScript microbenchmarks. The provided benchmark compares the performance of three date parsing libraries: Luxon, Datefns, and Moment.js. **Library Overview** 1. **Luxon**: Luxon is a modern JavaScript library for working with dates and times. It provides a simple and intuitive API for parsing, formatting, and manipulating dates. 2. **Datefns**: Datefns is another popular JavaScript library for date and time manipulation. It provides a range of functions for parsing, formatting, and comparing dates. 3. **Moment.js**: Moment.js is a widely-used JavaScript library for working with dates and times. It provides an extensive set of features for parsing, formatting, and manipulating dates. **Benchmark Definition** The benchmark definition json represents three test cases: 1. `window.datefns.parseISO(window.ds)` 2. `luxon.DateTime.fromISO(ds);` 3. `moment(ds)` Each test case measures the execution time of a specific date parsing function from each library. **Options Compared** The benchmark compares two options for each library: 1. **Luxon**: * `luxon.DateTime.fromISO(ds)` * Alternative implementation using Luxon's `DateTime` class and a simple ISO date string parser 2. **Datefns**: * `datefns.parseISO(window.ds)` * Alternative implementation using Datefns' `parseISO` function with a custom options object 3. **Moment.js**: * `moment(ds)` * Alternative implementation using Moment.js' `moment` function with a custom ISO date string parser **Pros and Cons** Here's a brief summary of the pros and cons of each option: 1. **Luxon**: * Pros: Simple and intuitive API, fast execution times * Cons: Less features than Datefns and Moment.js for date manipulation 2. **Datefns**: * Pros: Robust feature set for date manipulation, flexible options * Cons: Steeper learning curve, slower execution times compared to Luxon 3. **Moment.js**: * Pros: Extensive feature set for date manipulation, widely adopted and well-documented * Cons: Larger bundle size, slower execution times compared to Luxon and Datefns **Special JS Features or Syntax** None of the libraries mentioned use special JavaScript features or syntax that would affect the benchmark results. **Other Alternatives** If you're looking for alternative date parsing libraries, some options include: 1. **Day.js**: A lightweight and fast library for working with dates. 2. **Date-Picker**: A simple and intuitive library for displaying and manipulating dates on a calendar interface. 3. **js-joda**: A JavaScript port of the popular Joda-Time library. Keep in mind that these libraries may not have the same feature set as Luxon, Datefns, or Moment.js, so be sure to evaluate their specific use cases before choosing one.
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