Benchmark: Moment vs Luxon getOffset

HTML Preparation code:

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/moment.js/2.24.0/moment.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/luxon@1.21.0/build/global/luxon.min.js"></script>

Script Preparation code:

window.__date__ = new Date();
window.__tz__ = 'America/Los_Angeles';

Tests:

Moment
moment(window.__date__.getTime(), window.__tz__).utcOffset()
Luxon
luxon.DateTime.fromMillis(window.__date__.getTime(), {zone: window.__tz__}).offset

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
Moment
Luxon

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 23 days ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/146.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/146.0.0.0

Browser/OS: Chrome 146 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
Moment	186045.8 Ops/sec
Luxon	97385.4 Ops/sec

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated one year ago):

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I'll break down the benchmark for you.

**Overview**
The benchmark measures the performance of two date and time libraries, Moment.js and Luxon, in calculating the UTC offset of a given date.

**Options Compared**

Moment.js and Luxon are compared in terms of their performance when calculating the UTC offset. The two functions being measured are:

1. `moment(window.__date__.getTime(), window.__tz__).utcOffset()` (Moment.js)
2. `luxon.DateTime.fromMillis(window.__date__.getTime(), {zone: window.__tz__}).offset` (Luxon)

**Pros and Cons of Each Approach**

**Moment.js**

* Pros:
	+ Wide adoption and support for a large number of browsers.
	+ Simpler code structure, making it easier to read and understand.
* Cons:
	+ Less efficient than Luxon in terms of performance.
	+ Has some limitations when working with timezone calculations.

**Luxon**

* Pros:
	+ More modern and lightweight library compared to Moment.js.
	+ Offers more advanced features for date and time calculations, such as handling daylight saving time (DST) transitions.
* Cons:
	+ Smaller community and less browser support compared to Moment.js.
	+ Has a steeper learning curve due to its more complex API.

**Other Considerations**

* **Date and Time Libraries**: Both libraries are well-established and widely used in the JavaScript ecosystem. However, Luxon has gained popularity in recent years due to its performance and feature set.
* **Browser Support**: Moment.js has better support for older browsers, while Luxon is more geared towards modern browsers.

**Library Used**

* **Moment.js**: A popular JavaScript library for working with dates and times. It provides a simple and intuitive API for calculating offsets, among other features.
* **Luxon**: A more modern date and time library that offers advanced features like DST handling. It's designed to be more efficient and lightweight than Moment.js.

**Special JS Feature or Syntax**

None mentioned in the benchmark definition.

Related benchmarks:

Moment vs Luxon getOffset (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: Moment vs Luxon

Created: 4 years ago by: Guest

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Moment

Luxon

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated one year ago):