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    # -> 2022

And is intended for placing as HTML footer signature like:

<p>&copy; <%= 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.