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require 'date'
require 'benchmark'
puts "patchlevel: #{RUBY_PATCHLEVEL}, release_date: #{RUBY_RELEASE_DATE}, ruby_version: #{RUBY_VERSION}, ruby_platform: #{RUBY_PLATFORM}"
puts '*'*80
Benchmark.bm(10) do |bm|
bm.report("Date.today") do
500_000.times { Date.today }
end
bm.report("Date.new") do
500_000.times { Date.new(2011, rand(11)+1, rand(27)+1) }
end
end
puts
193_test ❯ rvm ruby date_test.rb
patchlevel: 334, release_date: 2011-02-18, ruby_version: 1.8.7, ruby_platform: i686-darwin10.7.1
********************************************************************************
user system total real
Date.today 10.680000 0.000000 10.680000 ( 10.680279)
Date.new 14.360000 0.010000 14.370000 ( 14.365198)
patchlevel: 180, release_date: 2011-02-18, ruby_version: 1.9.2, ruby_platform: x86_64-darwin10.7.1
********************************************************************************
user system total real
Date.today 3.330000 0.010000 3.340000 ( 3.335872)
Date.new 2.940000 0.000000 2.940000 ( 2.941093)
patchlevel: -1, release_date: 2011-07-31, ruby_version: 1.9.3, ruby_platform: x86_64-darwin10.7.4
********************************************************************************
user system total real
Date.today 0.620000 0.000000 0.620000 ( 0.625817)
Date.new 0.410000 0.000000 0.410000 ( 0.406781)
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huacnlee commented Aug 2, 2011

ruby_version: ree-1.8.7-2011.03, ruby_platform: i686-darwin10.7.0


            user     system      total        real

Date.today 9.840000 0.470000 10.310000 ( 10.318659)
Date.new 12.830000 0.370000 13.200000 ( 13.235627)

ruby_version: ruby-1.8.7-p334, ruby_platform: i686-darwin10.7.0


            user     system      total        real

Date.today 12.520000 0.150000 12.670000 ( 12.685077)
Date.new 16.980000 0.200000 17.180000 ( 17.296614)

ruby_version: ruby-1.9.2-p180, ruby_platform: x86_64-darwin10.7.0


            user     system      total        real

Date.today 3.820000 0.030000 3.850000 ( 3.857992)
Date.new 3.420000 0.020000 3.440000 ( 3.433169)

ruby_version: ruby-1.9.2-p290, ruby_platform: x86_64-darwin10.8.0


            user     system      total        real

Date.today 3.970000 0.090000 4.060000 ( 4.059857)
Date.new 3.430000 0.070000 3.500000 ( 3.494904)

malloc_limit=50000000 (8000000)
heap_min_slots=500000 (10000)
ruby_version: ruby-1.9.3-preview1, ruby_platform: x86_64-darwin10.8.0


             user     system      total        real

Date.today 0.590000 0.010000 0.600000 ( 0.598072)
Date.new 0.470000 0.020000 0.490000 ( 0.482155)

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huacnlee commented Aug 2, 2011

The pathname and date libraries were reimplemented in C, primarily for performance reasons.

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ghost commented Aug 2, 2011

Operating System: Apple Mac OS X Lion
Compiler System: Apple Xcode Version 4.1 (4B110)
Computer System: 2011 15" Quad Intel Core i7 2.3GHz + 8GB 1333MHz RAM Macbook Pro
Drive: Hitachi 7200RPM 500.11GB SATA-II
RVM: v1.6.32

∴ rvm ruby bin/date_test.rb
patchlevel: 174, release_date: yyyy-mm-dd, ruby_version: 1.8.7, ruby_platform: x86_64-apple-darwin11.0.0


            user     system      total        real

Date.today 4.945836 0.021708 4.967544 ( 4.754525)
Date.new 7.907944 0.009149 7.917093 ( 7.835825)

patchlevel: 352, release_date: 2011-06-30, ruby_version: 1.8.7, ruby_platform: i686-darwin11.0.0


            user     system      total        real

Date.today 8.550000 0.010000 8.560000 ( 8.556778)
Date.new 11.380000 0.010000 11.390000 ( 11.380812)

patchlevel: 136, release_date: 2010-12-25, ruby_version: 1.9.2, ruby_platform: x86_64-darwin11.0.0


            user     system      total        real

Date.today 2.680000 0.010000 2.690000 ( 2.688886)
Date.new 2.250000 0.010000 2.260000 ( 2.259816)

patchlevel: 290, release_date: 2011-07-09, ruby_version: 1.9.2, ruby_platform: x86_64-darwin11.0.0


            user     system      total        real

Date.today 2.700000 0.010000 2.710000 ( 2.701262)
Date.new 2.430000 0.000000 2.430000 ( 2.436612)

patchlevel: -1, release_date: 2011-08-02, ruby_version: 1.9.3, ruby_platform: x86_64-darwin11.0.0


             user     system      total        real

Date.today 0.460000 0.000000 0.460000 ( 0.461122)
Date.new 0.320000 0.000000 0.320000 ( 0.320850)

patchlevel: -1, release_date: 2011-07-31, ruby_version: 1.9.4, ruby_platform: x86_64-darwin11.0.0


             user     system      total        real

Date.today 0.500000 0.000000 0.500000 ( 0.505935)
Date.new 0.340000 0.000000 0.340000 ( 0.335285)

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Here's an interesting output. 1.9.2dev was twice as fast as release 1.9.2.

patchlevel: 0, release_date: 2010-08-18, ruby_version: 1.9.2, ruby_platform: x86_64-darwin10.7.0


            user     system      total        real

Date.today 9.520000 0.030000 9.550000 ( 9.743164)
Date.new 9.130000 0.020000 9.150000 ( 9.197950)

patchlevel: 180, release_date: 2011-02-18, ruby_version: 1.9.2, ruby_platform: x86_64-darwin10.7.0


            user     system      total        real

Date.today 9.550000 0.030000 9.580000 ( 9.686037)
Date.new 9.030000 0.020000 9.050000 ( 9.174048)

patchlevel: -1, release_date: 2010-07-11, ruby_version: 1.9.2, ruby_platform: x86_64-darwin10.4.0


            user     system      total        real

Date.today 4.970000 0.010000 4.980000 ( 5.095082)
Date.new 4.010000 0.020000 4.030000 ( 4.066821)

patchlevel: -1, release_date: 2011-07-31, ruby_version: 1.9.3, ruby_platform: x86_64-darwin11.0.0


             user     system      total        real

Date.today 1.180000 0.010000 1.190000 ( 1.206910)
Date.new 1.370000 0.000000 1.370000 ( 1.400995)

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