Benchmark: MomentJS vs Native Date

HTML Preparation code:

<script src='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/moment.js/2.22.0/moment.min.js'></script>

Tests:

Moment
moment().add(1, 'd');
Native
new Date(new Date().getDate() + 1);

Historical Performance Data aggregated from 5 community runs

Desktop Results:

Chrome 5 runs

Native

7.5M/s

Moment

1.2M/s

Fastest: Native (6.4x faster)

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✓ Native: 7,482,522 ops/sec
• Moment: 1,171,781 ops/sec

Results show median performance across all community submissions. Run this benchmark yourself to verify on your device.

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
Moment
Native

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: one year ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/137.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 137 on Mac OS X 10.15.7

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Native

18.4M/s

Moment

3.0M/s

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Test name	Executions per second
✓ Native	18,386,286 Ops/sec
Moment	2,973,982 Ops/sec

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

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Let's break down what's being tested in this benchmark.

**What is being compared?**

The benchmark compares two approaches to increment a date by one day:

1. **Native Date**: The first test case uses the built-in `Date` object in JavaScript, specifically the `new Date()` constructor and its methods (e.g., `getDate()`, adding days with `add()`).
2. **MomentJS**: The second test case uses the popular library [Moment.js](http://momentjs.com/), which provides a simpler way to work with dates.

**Options compared**

The benchmark is comparing two options:

* Using the built-in `Date` object (Native Date)
* Using the MomentJS library

**Pros and Cons of each approach:**

**Native Date:**

Pros:

* Fastest execution, as it leverages native JavaScript functionality
* Typically has better performance, as it's implemented in C++ by V8, Chrome's JavaScript engine
* Can be easily integrated with other JavaScript libraries and frameworks

Cons:

* Requires a good understanding of the `Date` object and its methods
* May require additional setup for edge cases (e.g., handling timezones)

**MomentJS:**

Pros:

* Provides a more intuitive and user-friendly API for working with dates
* Can simplify code that would otherwise involve complex date calculations
* Often easier to use than native `Date` objects, especially for developers without prior experience

Cons:

* May be slower than native `Date` objects due to the added abstraction layer
* Requires including an additional library in your project

**Library explanation: MomentJS**

Moment.js is a popular JavaScript library that provides a simple and intuitive API for working with dates and times. It's widely used in web development, especially for tasks like formatting dates, handling timezones, and performing date calculations.

In this benchmark, the test cases use Moment.js to increment the current date by one day using `moment().add(1, 'd')`. This method is typically faster than manually creating a new `Date` object and adding days using `new Date()` and `add()`, but may be slower in some specific scenarios.

**Special JS feature or syntax: None mentioned**

There's no special JavaScript feature or syntax being tested here. The benchmark focuses on comparing the performance of native `Date` objects versus Moment.js for a simple date increment operation.

**Other alternatives**

If you need to perform similar date calculations, other libraries like [Luxon](https://moment.github.io/luxon/) or [Day.js](https://dayjs.io/) might be viable alternatives. However, it's essential to note that each library has its strengths and weaknesses, and performance may vary depending on the specific use case.

In summary, this benchmark compares the performance of using native `Date` objects versus MomentJS for a simple date increment operation. It highlights the trade-offs between using built-in JavaScript functionality versus an additional library with a more intuitive API.

MomentJS vs Native Date (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: `Moment vs Native`

Created: 3 years ago by: Registered User

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Moment

Native

Historical Performance Data aggregated from 5 community runs

Desktop Results:

Chrome 5 runs

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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

MomentJS vs Native Date (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: Moment vs Native

Created: 3 years ago by: Registered User

Go to the latest result

Moment

Native

Historical Performance Data aggregated from 5 community runs

Desktop Results:

Chrome 5 runs

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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

Comparing performance of: `Moment vs Native`