Benchmark: Luxon vs Moment Common Operations Benchmark

HTML Preparation code:

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/luxon@3.0.3/build/global/luxon.min.js"></script>
<script src='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/moment.js/2.29.3/moment.min.js'></script>
<script src="//unpkg.com/timeago.js">
</script>

Tests:

Luxon
const now = luxon.DateTime.now(); const epoch = now.valueOf(); const iso = now.toISO(); const diff = now.diff(luxon.DateTime.fromISO("2020-02-19T00:51:53.623839+00:00")).as("milliseconds") console.log(now, epoch, iso, diff);
Moment
const now = moment(); const epoch = now.valueOf(); const iso = now.toISOString(); const diff = moment.duration(now.diff(moment("2020-02-19T00:51:53.623839+00:00"))).as("milliseconds") console.log(now, epoch, iso, diff);

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
Luxon
Moment

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

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

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Browser/OS: Chrome 131 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
Luxon	98166.8 Ops/sec
Moment	78079.2 Ops/sec

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

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Let's dive into the Benchmark Definition and test cases to understand what's being tested.

**Benchmark Overview**

The benchmark compares the performance of two popular JavaScript libraries for date and time operations: Luxon and Moment.js. The goal is to determine which library is faster for common use cases, such as:

1. Getting the current timestamp (epoch) in milliseconds.
2. Converting the current timestamp to an ISO string.
3. Calculating the difference between two dates in milliseconds.

**Library Overview**

1. **Luxon**: A modern JavaScript date and time API that provides a simple and intuitive way to work with dates. Luxon is designed to be fast, efficient, and easy to use.
2. **Moment.js**: A widely-used JavaScript library for working with dates and times. Moment.js provides a lot of functionality out of the box, but can also lead to slower performance due to its complexity.

**Test Cases**

The benchmark consists of two test cases:

1. **Luxon Test Case**: This test case uses Luxon's `DateTime` class to perform the following operations:
	* Get the current timestamp (epoch) in milliseconds.
	* Convert the current timestamp to an ISO string.
	* Calculate the difference between the current timestamp and a specific date in milliseconds.
2. **Moment Test Case**: This test case uses Moment.js to perform the same operations as the Luxon test case.

**Options Comparison**

The benchmark compares the performance of each library under different conditions, but it doesn't explicitly compare options like caching, parallel execution, or optimization techniques. However, we can infer some pros and cons based on the code:

* **Luxon**: Pros:
	+ Likely to be faster due to its modern design and optimized implementation.
	+ May provide better cache performance due to its simple and explicit API.
* **Moment.js**: Cons:
	+ Potentially slower due to its complexity and overhead from various features (e.g., timezone support).
	+ May have worse cache performance due to its more verbose API.

**Library Purposes**

Both libraries aim to simplify date and time operations in JavaScript, but they differ in their approach:

* **Luxon**: Focuses on providing a fast and efficient way to work with dates, with an emphasis on simplicity and readability.
* **Moment.js**: Offers a wide range of features for working with dates and times, including timezone support, parsing, and formatting.

**Special JavaScript Features or Syntax**

None mentioned in the benchmark code. However, it's worth noting that Moment.js has some unique features like its `duration` object, which can simplify date calculations, but may also contribute to slower performance.

**Alternative Libraries**

Other popular libraries for working with dates and times in JavaScript include:

* **Date.js**: A lightweight library for manipulating dates, with a focus on simplicity and ease of use.
* **DayPilot**: A calendar and scheduling library that provides advanced features like timezone support and data binding.
* **Joda-Time**: A Java-based date and time API that's also been ported to JavaScript (via Joda-Time-Convert).

These alternatives may offer different trade-offs in terms of performance, feature set, and ease of use, making them suitable for specific use cases or applications.

Related benchmarks:

Luxon vs Moment Common Operations Benchmark (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: Luxon vs Moment

Created: 2 years ago by: Guest

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Luxon

Moment

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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