When do we say a function $p$ depends on time?

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Suppose I have a function:

$$ p=3\cdot (x(t))^{2/3} $$

In that function, $x$ depends on time $t$, but do we say in our notation that $p$ depends on $t$, or just on $x$? Specifically, we require that $p$ is globally Lipschitz with respect to $x$ and piecewise continuous with respect to $t$. Question: in the above function, is there any point of checking if $p$ is piecewise continuous with respect to $t$? Or is that needed only for function that are explicitly dependent on $t$, such that $g=3\cdot (x(t))^{2/3}\cdot t^2$?

Thank you!