Benchmark: dayjs vs luxon (manipulating)

HTML Preparation code:

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/dayjs@1.11.9/dayjs.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/luxon@3.4.3/build/global/luxon.min.js"></script>

Script Preparation code:

var dayjsNow = dayjs();
var luxonNow = luxon.DateTime.now();

Tests:

Dayjs
dayjsNow.add(1, 'month');
luxon
luxonNow.plus({ months: 1 });

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
Dayjs
luxon

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 3 months ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:147.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/147.0

Browser/OS: Firefox 147 on Mac OS X 10.15

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Test name	Executions per second
Dayjs	426559.8 Ops/sec
luxon	514829.2 Ops/sec

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

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I'd be happy to help explain the benchmark and its results.

**What is tested?**

The provided JSON represents a JavaScript microbenchmark that compares the performance of two libraries: Day.js and Luxon. The benchmark tests the time it takes for each library to perform a specific operation:

1. Adding one month to the current date using Day.js.
2. Adding one month to the current date using Luxon.

**Options compared**

The benchmark is comparing the performance of two approaches:

1. **Day.js**: A popular JavaScript date library that provides a simple and easy-to-use API for working with dates.
2. **Luxon**: A modern JavaScript date library that provides a more efficient and powerful way of working with dates, especially when it comes to handling edge cases.

**Pros and Cons**

* Day.js:
	+ Pros: Simple and easy to use, widely adopted and well-supported.
	+ Cons: May not be as efficient or performant as Luxon for certain date operations.
* Luxon:
	+ Pros: More efficient and powerful than Day.js, especially when handling edge cases.
	+ Cons: Steeper learning curve due to its more complex API.

**Library usage**

In the benchmark, both libraries are used to manipulate dates. The `dayjsNow.add(1, 'month')` expression adds one month to the current date using Day.js. Similarly, the `luxonNow.plus({ months: 1 })` expression adds one month to the current date using Luxon.

**Special JS feature or syntax**

None of the code snippets provided use any special JavaScript features or syntax.

**Other alternatives**

If you're interested in benchmarking other libraries or approaches for date manipulation, some alternatives include:

* Moment.js
* Date-fns
* js-joda

These libraries offer different trade-offs between performance, ease of use, and feature set. You can explore their documentation and examples to determine which one might be the best fit for your specific use case.

Overall, this benchmark provides a good starting point for comparing the performance of Day.js and Luxon, two popular JavaScript date libraries.

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Dayjs

luxon

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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