Result: Discarded
The test labeled "strftime()" was the faster by 0.0505 seconds, (7.615% faster)
The strftime() test took 0.6129 seconds.
The date() test took 0.6634 seconds.
Nitty-Gritty
Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 139,010 loops for a total of 2,780,200 runs.
- Line execution difference (0.000018) milliseconds.
- Avg difference (2.526) milliseconds per 139,010 loops.
- Total difference 50.52 milliseconds for 2,780,200 loops
The iteration variablity for Code 1 was (10.5500) milliseconds and Code 2 was (7.9957) milliseconds. The lower and the closer together there values are the more accurate the results are.
Code
The first test, "date()", was:
for ($i = 0; $i < 100; $i++) $GLOBALS['dummy'] = date('Y-m-d \\a\\t H:i:s', $GLOBALS['t']);
The second test, "strftime()", was:
for ($i = 0; $i < 100; $i++) $GLOBALS['dummy'] = strftime('%Y-%m-%d at %H:%M:%S', $GLOBALS['t']);