You've there on time / in time

Context?

are, not have

I meant:
You've got there in time/on time..
On time or in time?

WesternAmerican???

On time: you were supposed to arrive at 8:00, and you did.

I'm glad you arrived in time to hear the first soloist of the concert. (concert may have started some time before you got there)

Philip,

Let's say my family have just started having dinner when I got home unannounced.

My parent says: We didn't know you were coming back but you got here just [on/in] time.

Which preposition is correct, in or on? From your explanation, it should be in.

Thanks in advance

It's hard for me to comprehend
But thanks anyway

"on time" is used when there is a specific time you are expected. The opposite of being on time is being "late."

"in time" is used to mean that you arrived before some other thing is going to happen. If you don't get there, you will miss whatever it is that is happening. The opposite of being "in time" is being "too late."

If I say "Meet me here promptly at 8" and you are there a

GG, you always show up in time(there isn't a specific time that you're expected)
Is it correct? Did I comprehend?

No. In time is used when you are supposed to do something else there. As GG said:

>"You're too late for my famous Chicken a la Barbara, but you're in time for dessert."

on time - at or before a prearranged time - not late.

(just) in time for; in time to; in time (for/to implicit) - at or before it is time for some event or to do something - with a little time to spare before something else begins - not necessarily prearranged - usually not prearranged.

-- Hurry up if you want to be on time. The plane leaves at

Another way to explain the difference -- suppose the place is supposed to leave at 8 p.m. You get there at 8:15, so you are not on time -- you are late! But the departure has been delayed until 8:20, so you are actually just in time to get on the plane before it leaves.

Another example -- "Did you get there in time to see the race?" "No -- I was there exact