---
title: time.start
summary: null
url: >-
  https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/vcl/variables/client-request/time-start
---

**Type:** TIME  
**Access:** read-only

**Available in:** all subroutines

The time the request started, after TLS termination, using 
[RFC 1123 format](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1123) 
(e.g., `Mon, 02 Jan 2006 22:04:05 GMT`).