momentjs vs datejs (v21)

Revision 21 of this benchmark created on

Description

moment.js and date.js are 2 libraries offering similar functionalities that is lacking in basic javascript.

Results on Chrome: moment.js is lighter, and offers much faster parsing. On the other hand, date.js offers much faster formatting and manipulation.

Preparation HTML

<script src="http://datejs.googlecode.com/files/date.js"></script>
<script src="http://momentjs.com/downloads/moment.min.js"></script>
<script>
  var DateJS = new Date();
  var momentJS = moment();
</script>

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Testing in
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moment.js parse
moment('07-10-1986', 'MM-DD-YYYY');
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DateJS parse
Date.parse('07-10-1986', "MM-dd-yyyy");
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moment.js format
momentJS.format('MM-DD-YYYY h:mm:ss a');
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DateJS format
DateJS.toString('MM-dd-yyyy h:mm:ss t');
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moment.js manipulation
momentJS.add({ days: 5, months: 3 });
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DateJS manipulation
DateJS.add({ days: 5, months: 3 });
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moment.js Overall
moment('07-10-1986', 'MM-DD-YYYY').add({ days: 5 }).format('MM-DD-YYYY h:mm:ss a');
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DateJS Overall
Date.parse('07-10-1986', "MM-dd-yyyy").add({ days: 5 }).toString('MM-dd-yyyy h:mm:ss t');
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