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Does "um"“um” at times show the accurate time?

I think "um"um means "around"around, but German uses it for saying the time. Would the following expression be wrong?

A: Wie spät ist es?
B: Jetzt ist es schon um 20:00 Uhr.

Does "um" at times show the accurate time?

I think "um" means "around", but German uses it for saying the time. Would the following expression be wrong?

A: Wie spät ist es?
B: Jetzt ist es schon um 20:00 Uhr.

Does “um” at times show the accurate time?

I think um means around, but German uses it for saying the time. Would the following expression be wrong?

A: Wie spät ist es?
B: Jetzt ist es schon um 20:00 Uhr.

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I think "um" means "around", but germanGerman uses it for saying the time. Would the following expression be wrong?

-Wie spät ist es?

-Jetzt ist es schon um 20:00 Uhr.

A: Wie spät ist es?
B: Jetzt ist es schon um 20:00 Uhr.

I think "um" means "around", but german uses it for saying the time. Would following expression be wrong?

-Wie spät ist es?

-Jetzt ist es schon um 20:00 Uhr.

I think "um" means "around", but German uses it for saying the time. Would the following expression be wrong?

A: Wie spät ist es?
B: Jetzt ist es schon um 20:00 Uhr.

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Does "um" at times show the accurate time?

I think "um" means "around", but german uses it for saying the time. Would following expression be wrong?

-Wie spät ist es?

-Jetzt ist es schon um 20:00 Uhr.