Date.now vs Date.getTime

JavaScript performance comparison

Test case created on 26th October 2010

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Test		Ops/sec
Date.now();	`var foo = Date.now();`	pending…
Date.getTime()	`var foo = new Date().getTime();`	pending…

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Mathias Bynens commented on 27th October 2010: ∞

FYI, there was already a test case for this; see http://jsperf.com/new-date-value and revisions.

Tarun commented on 22nd December 2011: ∞

That test case deals more with getting value of the date than getting the current time.