fast_year is a Ruby's simple C extension which provides a faster implementation of getting the current year.
The function call is almost 2x faster compared to ordinary Time.now.year().
FastYear.year() returns the current local 4 digit year.
irb> require 'fast_year'
irb> FastYear.year # -> 2022And is intended for placing as HTML footer signature like:
<p>© <%= FastYear.year %> - Acme Inc.</p>Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'fast_year'And then execute:
$ bundle install
Comparison:
fast_year: 5976662.0 i/s
time_year: 2818645.4 i/s - 2.12x (± 0.00) slower
After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/ryochin/fast_year. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the code of conduct.
Everyone interacting in the fast_year project's codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.
MIT License.