Methods of getting time (v15)

Revision 15 of this benchmark created on

Description

https://twitter.com/jaffathecake/status/306706682552143872

jaffathecake: Avoid "+new Date" to generate timestamps during animation. Use "Date.now()" or "performance.now()" instead http://t.co/Hle0qzxWeZ

Setup

var perf = performance,
    perfNow = window.performance.now;
    dateNow = Date.now;

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Date.now
Date.now();
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Cached Date.now
dateNow();
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new Date().getTime()
new Date().getTime();
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new Date().valueOf()
new Date().valueOf();
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Number(new Date)
Number(new Date);
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+new Date()
+new Date();
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performance.now()
performance.now();
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Cached performance object
perf.now();
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Cached performance.now method
perfNow();
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window.performance.now()
window.performance.now();
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