When to use it?

Question

Let's get a drink, shall we? it's time I told you everything.

So, why did he used the past tense in the second sentence?

Surce: Legacies S04 Ep12 16:55

Answer 1

"It's time you DID something" is a grammatically correct and means "you should have already done this a long time ago"

Answer 2

These points should help clarify the proper uses of "it."

The word takes three forms:

= IT is a pronoun, a word that replaces a noun. (It is gone, I don't have it.)

= ITS is a pronoun indicating possession. (Is wings, its wall, its breath.)

= IT'S is a contraction for "It is."

That's (that is) it on i!!

Answer 3

It's time I told you the truth is the usual choice. It's definitely an odd construction, but for some reason we use the simple past after the present here even though the truth-telling is going to happen in the near future.