It's about time that + present or past tense?

[sitifan]

"I call on Congress again to pass my assault weapons ban. It's about time that we begin to make some more progress," Biden said.
https://www.4029tv.com/article/president-biden-nashville-school-shooting-comments/43431550#
It’s about time she got a job.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/it-s-about-time
Which tense should we use after "it's about time," present or past?

 

[emsr2d2]

BrE would naturally use the past simple.

It's about time we began ...
It's time we left ...
It's about time she started ...

 

[teechar]

You might also want to take a look at the explanation in the following link:

IT'S (HIGH) TIME | Grammaring

it's (high) time + past subjunctive It's (high) time + past subjunctive expresses that something should be done and that it is already a bit late:

www.grammaring.com

 

[Piscean]

the explanation in the following link:

The writer of that page unhelpfully suggests that It's (high) time + past subjunctive.

As one of their own examples (below) shows, we do not use a subjunctive in this construction:
It's about time this road was completed.

 

[sitifan]

The writer of that page unhelpfully suggests that It's (high) time + past subjunctive.
As one of their own examples (below) shows, we do not use a subjunctive in this construction:
It's about time this road was completed.

Is the sentence below also acceptable to native speakers of English?
It's about time this road were completed.

 

[Piscean]

Not to me.

 

[teechar]

The writer of that page unhelpfully suggests that It's (high) time + past subjunctive.

As one of their own examples (below) shows, we do not use a subjunctive in this construction:
It's about time this road was completed.

Yes, I overlooked that. It's just past simple (indicative).