weten hoe laat het is

== Dutch == === Etymology === Literally, “to know how late it is”, or more loosely translated as “to know the time”. Compare English know what's o'clock. === Verb === weten hoe laat het is (idiomatic) to know what is what; to understand what's really going on Toen de man aan de deur over Jezus begon, wist ik meteen hoe laat het was. ― When the man at the door started talking about Jesus, I immediately knew where this was going. ==== Conjugation ====