* Made Date string parser reuse the same output array each time.

src/date-delay.js

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 }
 
 
 // ECMA 262 - 15.9.1.12
 function TimeInYear(year) {
   return DaysInYear(year) * msPerDay;
 }
 
 
 // Compute modified Julian day from year, month, date.
-// The missing days in 1582 are ignored for JavaScript compatibility.
 function ToJulianDay(year, month, date) {
   var jy = (month > 1) ? year : year - 1;
   var jm = (month > 1) ? month + 2 : month + 14;
   var ja = FLOOR(jy / 100);
   return FLOOR(FLOOR(365.25*jy) + FLOOR(30.6001*jm) + date + 1720995) + 2 - ja + FLOOR(0.25*ja);
 }
 
 var four_year_cycle_table = CalculateDateTable();
 
 
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   return gmt + ' (' +  LocalTimezone(time) + ')';
 }
 
 
 function DatePrintString(time) {
   return DateString(time) + ' ' + TimeString(time);
 }
 
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+// Reused output buffer.
+var parse_buffer = $Array(7);
 
 // ECMA 262 - 15.9.4.2
 function DateParse(string) {
-  var arr = %DateParseString(ToString(string));
+  var arr = %DateParseString(ToString(string), parse_buffer);
   if (IS_NULL(arr)) return $NaN;
 
   var day = MakeDay(arr[0], arr[1], arr[2]);
   var time = MakeTime(arr[3], arr[4], arr[5], 0);
   var date = MakeDate(day, time);
 
   if (IS_NULL(arr[6])) {
     return TimeClip(UTC(date));
   } else {
     return TimeClip(date - arr[6] * 1000);
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     "setFullYear", DateSetFullYear,
     "setUTCFullYear", DateSetUTCFullYear,
     "toGMTString", DateToGMTString,
     "toUTCString", DateToUTCString,
     "getYear", DateGetYear,
     "setYear", DateSetYear
   ));
 }
 
 SetupDate();