Date.now vs Date.valueOf vs Number(Date)

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Revision 4 of this test case created on 16th July 2012

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Add +new Date() to the existing tests against Date.now, new Date.getTime() and Number(new Date)

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Test		Ops/sec
Date.now()	`Date.now()`	pending…
Date.getTime	`new Date().getTime()`	pending…
Number( new Date)	`Number(new Date)`	pending…
new Date().valueOf()	`new Date().valueOf()`	pending…

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Revision 1: published by Will Alexander on 27th October 2010
Revision 2: published by Kristof Neirynck on 27th October 2010
Revision 3: published on 12th May 2012
Revision 4: published on 16th July 2012
Revision 5: published on 20th January 2013
Revision 6: published on 2nd February 2013

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