Benchmark: dayjs vs luxon between

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/dayjs@1.11.11/plugin/isBetween.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)
dayjs.extend(window.dayjs_plugin_isBetween)

window.__start__ = '2024-04-30 08:33';
window.__end__ = '2024-05-30 08:33';
window.__timezone__ = 'Europe/Warsaw';
window.__luxon__ = luxon;
window.__dayjs__ = dayjs;

Tests:

luxon
const start = __luxon__.DateTime.fromFormat(__start__, 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm', { zone: __timezone__ }); const end = __luxon__.DateTime.fromFormat(__end__, 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm', { zone: __timezone__ }); const current = __luxon__.DateTime.now().setZone(__timezone__); const currentValue = current.startOf('minute').valueOf(); currentValue >= start.valueOf() && currentValue <= end.valueOf();
dayjs
const start = __dayjs__.tz(__start__, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm', __timezone__); const end = __dayjs__.tz(__end__, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm', __timezone__); const current = __dayjs__().tz(__timezone__); current.isBetween(start, end, 'minute', []);

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 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/130.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 130 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
luxon	5703.5 Ops/sec
dayjs	1642.8 Ops/sec

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

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**Overview**

The provided benchmark compares the performance of two JavaScript libraries, Luxon and Day.js, for handling date and time operations in a specific use case: calculating whether a current moment falls within a given time range.

**Options Compared**

Two options are compared:

1. **Luxon**: A modern JavaScript date library that provides a powerful API for working with dates and times.
2. **Day.js**: A lightweight, easy-to-use JavaScript date library that aims to provide a simple alternative to popular libraries like Luxon.

**Pros and Cons of Each Approach**

* **Luxon:**
	+ Pros:
		- More comprehensive set of features (e.g., timezone management, internationalization)
		- Better suited for complex date calculations
		- More flexible API
	+ Cons:
		- Heavier than Day.js (more dependencies)
		- Steeper learning curve due to its feature-rich API
* **Day.js:**
	+ Pros:
		- Lightweight and easy to use
		- Simple, intuitive API
		- Fast execution times
	+ Cons:
		- Limited features compared to Luxon (e.g., no timezone management)
		- May not be suitable for complex date calculations

**Library and Purpose**

* **Luxon**: Developed by Oliver Barrett, Luxon is a modern JavaScript date library that provides a powerful API for working with dates and times. It includes features like timezone management, internationalization, and formatting.
* **Day.js**: Developed by John Resig (also known for jQuery), Day.js is a lightweight, easy-to-use JavaScript date library that aims to provide a simple alternative to popular libraries like Luxon.

**Special JS Features or Syntax**

None mentioned in the provided benchmark definitions. However, it's worth noting that Luxon and Day.js both support modern JavaScript features like async/await and promises.

**Other Alternatives**

* **Moment.js**: A popular JavaScript date library that provides a wide range of features for working with dates and times.
* **Date-fns**: A lightweight, pure JavaScript library for working with dates and times.
* **js-joda**: A JavaScript port of the popular Java library Joda-Time.

These alternatives may be worth exploring depending on your specific use case and performance requirements.

Related benchmarks:

dayjs vs luxon between (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):