I live in London now. What time do you go to work? It is now half past two. It is now a quarter past nine. Will ten minutes be enough? I need 30 seconds. He gets up early every day. He goes to bed late every day. I am late. When it is after an adjective or adjective phrase, it usually indicates that a change has happened and a new situation has come into being. And the adjective or adjective phrase is the description of this situation. This pair of shoes became small. The weather is getting hot. You’ve lost weight. You became thinner. This pair of trousers became short. Winter has come, it’s getting cold. You are already a big girl now, it’s time to find a boyfriend. This is because China is the world’s largest country to exist as one single time zone. This is known as China standard time, or Beijing time, and is GMT +8.