wildjcrt · December 30, 2015 23:45 · wildjcrt · Dec 30, 2015
diff --git a/time-vs-date.rb b/time-vs-date.rb
 require 'benchmark/ips'
 require 'date'

 Benchmark.ips do |x|
  x.time = 100
  
  x.report('Time') do
    Time.now.year
  end

  x.report('Date') do
    Date.today.year
  end

  x.compare!
 end
diff --git a/time100-output b/time100-output
 alculating -------------------------------------
                Time    46.022k i/100ms
                Date    47.454k i/100ms
 -------------------------------------------------
                Time    706.802k (±15.4%) i/s -     67.192M
                Date    756.214k (±12.6%) i/s -     73.506M

 Comparison:
                Date:   756214.0 i/s
                Time:   706801.8 i/s - 1.07x slower
diff --git a/time5-output b/time5-output
 time: 5

 ***
 Calculating -------------------------------------
                Time    52.173k i/100ms
                Date    51.742k i/100ms
 -------------------------------------------------
                Time    759.292k (±11.6%) i/s -      3.756M
                Date    777.805k (±10.3%) i/s -      3.881M

 Comparison:
                Date:   777804.6 i/s
                Time:   759291.9 i/s - 1.02x slower