Benchmark: dayjs vs luxon timeToEnd

HTML Preparation code:

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/dayjs@1.11.11/dayjs.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/dayjs@1.11.11/plugin/timezone.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/dayjs@1.11.11/plugin/utc.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/luxon@1.28.0/build/global/luxon.min.js"></script>

Script Preparation code:

dayjs.extend(window.dayjs_plugin_utc)
dayjs.extend(window.dayjs_plugin_timezone)

window.__date__ = '2024-05-30 08:33';
window.__format__ = 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm';
window.__timezone__ = 'Europe/Warsaw';
window.__luxon__ = luxon;
window.__dayjs__ = dayjs;

Tests:

luxon
const current = __luxon__.DateTime.now().setZone(__timezone__); const end = __luxon__.DateTime.fromFormat(__date__, 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm', { zone: __timezone__ }); const timeDiff = (time1, time2) => time1.valueOf() - time2.valueOf(); timeDiff(end, current.startOf('minute'));
dayjs
const current = __dayjs__().tz(__timezone__); const end = __dayjs__.tz(__date__, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm', __timezone__); end.diff(current);

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
luxon
dayjs

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/125.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 125 on Mac OS X 10.15.7

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Test name	Executions per second
luxon	31130.6 Ops/sec
dayjs	20087.3 Ops/sec

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

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Let's break down the benchmark and explain what's being tested.

**What is being tested?**

The benchmark compares two JavaScript libraries: dayjs and luxon, specifically their performance when working with dates and times.

**Options compared**

Two main options are being compared:

1. **luxon**: A modern date and time library developed by Mozilla. It provides a robust set of features for working with dates and times, including zone-based calculations.
2. **dayjs**: A popular date and time library that offers a simple and intuitive API for working with dates and times.

**Pros and cons**

Here are some pros and cons of each approach:

**Luxon:**

Pros:

* Robust feature set, including zone-based calculations
* Fast and efficient implementation
* Well-maintained and actively developed

Cons:

* Steeper learning curve due to its more comprehensive feature set
* Requires a deeper understanding of date and time mathematics

**Dayjs:**

Pros:

* Simple and intuitive API for working with dates and times
* Easy to learn and use, even for developers without extensive experience in date and time calculations
* Fast performance and low overhead

Cons:

* Less robust feature set compared to luxon, particularly when it comes to zone-based calculations
* May not be suitable for complex date and time calculations or applications that require high precision.

**Library descriptions**

In the benchmark preparation code, two libraries are used:

1. **dayjs**: A popular JavaScript library for working with dates and times. It provides a simple and intuitive API for parsing, formatting, and manipulating dates and times.
2. **luxon**: A modern date and time library developed by Mozilla. It offers a robust set of features for working with dates and times, including zone-based calculations.

**Special JS feature or syntax**

Neither the benchmark code nor the library documentation mentions any special JavaScript features or syntax that would affect the execution of the benchmark.

**Other alternatives**

If you're looking for alternative libraries to dayjs and luxon, here are a few options:

1. **Moment.js**: A popular JavaScript library for working with dates and times. It provides a simple and intuitive API for parsing, formatting, and manipulating dates and times.
2. **Date-fns**: A small and fast JavaScript library for working with dates and times. It offers a set of utility functions for common date and time calculations.
3. **Moment-timezone**: A fork of moment.js that adds support for time zones.

These alternatives may offer different trade-offs in terms of feature set, performance, and ease of use, so it's worth exploring their documentation and benchmark results to determine which one best fits your needs.

Related benchmarks:

dayjs vs luxon timeToEnd (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: luxon vs dayjs

Created: one year ago by: Guest

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luxon

dayjs

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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