Date.now vs new Date().getTime() vs +new Date

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Revision 7 of this test case created on 25th February 2013

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

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Revision 1: published on 3rd June 2011
Revision 2: published by mgh on 3rd June 2011
Revision 4: published on 18th June 2012
Revision 5: published by new Date()/1000 on 9th December 2012
Revision 7: published on 25th February 2013
Revision 8: published on 25th February 2013
Revision 9: published on 30th March 2013
Revision 10: published on 3rd April 2013
Revision 11: published by Jamie Pate on 3rd April 2013

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