var sTime = Date.now(); var curTime = new Date(); for (var i = 0; i < 10000; i++) { curTime.setDate(i); } console.log(Date.now() - sTime) The execution time of the above code in different browsers: Wkwebview: 16000ms Safari: 120ms Chrome: 3ms
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Now, Safari's perf is on per to Chrome. Note: previously, JSC uses localtime_r. But this is super slow. Now we use ICU instead. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 218348 ***