From b6187b5b5018112d5e00fe5e9a2baad0c76f13f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Meehan <adam.meehan@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:18:57 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] made benchmark fairer for time comparison to ensure valid
 time must date as well

---
 benchmark.rb | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/benchmark.rb b/benchmark.rb
index 3609782..cd385de 100644
--- a/benchmark.rb
+++ b/benchmark.rb
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@ require 'date'
 require 'parsedate'
 require 'benchmark'
 require 'rubygems'
-require 'rails/version'
 require 'active_support'
 require 'active_record'
 require 'action_controller'
-require 'action_view'
+
 $: << 'lib'
 require 'lib/validates_timeliness'
 
@@ -18,10 +17,12 @@ Benchmark.bm do |x|
     end 
   }
   
-  x.report('time') { 
+  x.report('date/time') { 
     n.times do
       "2000-01-04 12:12:12" =~ /\A(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2}) (\d{2})[\. :](\d{2})([\. :](\d{2}))?\Z/
-      Time.mktime($1, $2, $3, $3, $5, $6)      
+      arr = [$1, $2, $3, $3, $5, $6].map {|i| i.to_i }
+      Date.new(*arr[0..2])
+      Time.mktime(*arr)
     end
   }