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+import benchmark from 'benchmark'
+
+import moment from 'moment'
+
+const { Suite } = benchmark;
+
+let suite = new Suite()
+
+const INPUT = '2022-09-12T18:11:04.884+05:00'
+
+suite
+  .add('moment#parseZone', () => moment.parseZone(INPUT))
+  .on('cycle', function(event) {
+    console.log(String(event.target))
+  })
+  .on('complete', function() {
+    console.log('Fastest is ' + this.filter('fastest').map('name'))
+  })
+  .run()
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+import moment from 'moment';
+
+/**
+ * Parses an ISO-8601 formatted date in this format only:
+ * - "2022-12-03T12:30:00.000-07:00"
+ * 
+ * Returns a Moment.JS object (moment)
+ */
+export function fastParseZone(input) {
+  
+}
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+import moment from 'moment';
+
+const INPUT = '2022-09-12T18:11:04.884+05:00'
+
+const now = Date.now();
+console.log("Starting benchmark");
+for (let i = 0; i < 100000; i++) {
+  moment.parseZone(INPUT)
+}
+const elapsed = Date.now() - now;
+console.log("Finished benchmark in " + elapsed + "ms");
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+    "version": "1.0.0",
+    "type": "module",
+    "dependencies": {
+        "benchmark": "^2.1.4",
+        "moment": "^2.29.4"
+    }
+}
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+
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+  resolution: "moment@npm:2.29.4"
+  checksum: 0ec3f9c2bcba38dc2451b1daed5daded747f17610b92427bebe1d08d48d8b7bdd8d9197500b072d14e326dd0ccf3e326b9e3d07c5895d3d49e39b6803b76e80e
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
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+  resolution: "platform@npm:1.3.6"
+  checksum: 6f472a09c61d418c7e26c1c16d0bdc029549d512dbec6526216a1e59ec68100d07007d0097dcba69dddad883d6f2a83361b4bdfe0094a3d9a2af24158643d85e
+  languageName: node
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