Benchmark: Luxon vs Moment Common Operations Benchmark w/o logging

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")
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")

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: 2 years ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/123.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 123 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
Luxon	138842.5 Ops/sec
Moment	84580.1 Ops/sec

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

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**Benchmark Definition**

The benchmark is created on MeasureThat.net, which allows users to compare the performance of JavaScript libraries. The benchmark definition provides two test cases:

1. "Luxon"
2. "Moment"

**Test Cases**

Each test case measures the performance of a specific JavaScript library for common operations:

* `luxon` (Luxon):
	+ Creates a new date object using `luxon.DateTime.now()`.
	+ Extracts the epoch timestamp using `now.valueOf()`.
	+ Converts the date to ISO format using `now.toISO()`.
	+ Calculates the difference between two dates using `now.diff(luxon.DateTime.fromISO("2020-02-19T00:51:53.623839+00:00")).as("milliseconds")`.
* `moment` (Moment):
	+ Creates a new date object using `moment()` (Note: Moment uses a default constructor, whereas Luxon uses `luxon.DateTime.now()`).
	+ Extracts the epoch timestamp using `now.valueOf()`.
	+ Converts the date to ISO format using `now.toISOString()`.
	+ Calculates the difference between two dates using `moment.duration(now.diff(moment("2020-02-19T00:51:53.623839+00:00"))).as("milliseconds")`.

**Libraries and Their Purposes**

1. **Luxon**: A modern JavaScript library for working with dates, times, and numbers. It provides a more efficient and intuitive API compared to traditional date libraries like Moment.
2. **Moment**: A popular JavaScript library for working with dates and times. It was widely used before Luxon but has some limitations, such as being less efficient and having a more complex API.

**Options Compared**

In this benchmark, the options being compared are:

* `luxon` vs `moment`: Two different libraries with distinct strengths and weaknesses.
* Specific operations: Each library performs similar operations (e.g., date extraction, conversion to ISO format), but might optimize or implement them differently.

**Pros and Cons**

**Luxon**

Pros:

* More efficient and modern API
* Better support for modern date formats and edge cases
* Smaller codebase with fewer dependencies

Cons:

* Might have a steeper learning curve due to its more functional programming style
* Less widely adopted, which could impact community support and resources

**Moment**

Pros:

* Wide adoption and established community support
* Well-documented and easy to learn
* Good performance for simple date operations

Cons:

* More complex API with many options and methods
* Not as efficient as Luxon for certain operations
* Larger codebase with more dependencies

**Other Considerations**

* Performance: The benchmark results show that `luxon` performs better than `moment` in this specific test case.
* Community Support: Moment has a larger community and more resources available, which can be beneficial for developers who prefer its API.
* Learning Curve: Luxon's functional programming style might be challenging for developers accustomed to traditional date libraries like Moment.

**Alternatives**

Other JavaScript libraries that offer date and time functionality include:

* **Date-fns**: A lightweight library with a simple and intuitive API.
* **Day.js**: A modern library with a focus on ease of use and performance.
* **js-joda**: A Java-based library that can be used in JavaScript environments.

These alternatives might offer different trade-offs between features, performance, and complexity, depending on the specific needs of your project.

Related benchmarks:

Luxon vs Moment Common Operations Benchmark w/o logging (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):