#!/usr/bin/env ruby require_relative '../lib/jekyll' require 'benchmark/ips' date = "2014-08-02 14:43:06 PDT".freeze time = Time.parse(date) Benchmark.ips do |x| x.report('Time.parse') do Time.parse(date) end x.report('localtime') do Time.parse(date).localtime end x.report('localtime parsed') do time.localtime end x.report('Utils.parse_date') do Jekyll::Utils.parse_date(date) end end