Does the variable "$request_time" include ssl handshake time?

[Sergey Kandaurov]

> On 21 Dec 2018, at 11:48, yf chu <cyflhn at 163.com> wrote:
> 
> The definition of "$request_time" is that "request processing time in seconds with a milliseconds resolution; time elapsed since the first bytes were read from the client". But I want to know whether it includes the ssl handshake time?

No.

> If not, is there any method to get the duration of ssl handshake in Nginx?

I'm not aware of.

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Sergey Kandaurov