sync_docker_time.ps1

Write-Host "Synchronizing your docker time."

$principal = New-Object Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal([Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent())
if ($principal.IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator)) {
	$name = (Get-VMIntegrationService -VMName DockerDesktopVM | Where-Object { $_.Id.StartsWith("Microsoft:") -and $_.Id.EndsWith("\2497F4DE-E9FA-4204-80E4-4B75C46419C0") }).Name # "Time Synchronization" for English Windows
	Get-VMIntegrationService -VMName DockerDesktopVM -Name $name | Disable-VMIntegrationService
	Get-VMIntegrationService -VMName DockerDesktopVM -Name $name | Enable-VMIntegrationService
	echo $name
	Write-Host "Time synced!"
	Read-Host -Prompt "Press Enter to exit."
} else {
	Write-Host "Elevated privileges are required."
	Start-Process -FilePath "powershell" -ArgumentList "$('-File ""')$(Get-Location)$('\')$($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name)$('""')" -Verb runAs
}

It seems the data is sorted alphabetically by the English Name (even in French). That seems to indicate either there are additional properties not listed here or this is the natural order of the list (also likely). However using the list order does not seem very reliable to me.
I've done some testing. In particular, Get-VMIntegrationService -VMName DockerDesktopVM | Format-List dumps all the properties. There I found that the Time sync service was associated with the Microsoft:A43838FD-F598-4C0B-A5D5-C122E9482EA8\2497F4DE-E9FA-4204-80E4-4B75C46419C0 id. If this id is stable (ie you have the same one), then, we could retrieve the localized name of the service like this:

$name = (Get-VMIntegrationService -VMName DockerDesktopVM | Where-Object {$_.Id -eq "Microsoft:A43838FD-F598-4C0B-A5D5-C122E9482EA8\2497F4DE-E9FA-4204-80E4-4B75C46419C0" }).Name

I'm not on my work laptop right now, so won't test this until monday, but I'll probably give it a try (this would give us a script that works across borders; great in times of confinement 😏 )!

So, I double-checked on another computer, and it is not that easy: the id must be parsed...

• On my first machine the id was: Microsoft:92E819AC-4AF5-4417-8227-65251A9303F7\2497F4DE-E9FA-4204-80E4-4B75C46419C0
• On the second one: Microsoft:A43838FD-F598-4C0B-A5D5-C122E9482EA8\2497F4DE-E9FA-4204-80E4-4B75C46419C0

Only Microsoft and the Guid after the \ are common.

On my machine: Microsoft:E43C372E-23C2-41A6-89E7-5FBF3A080CAC\2497F4DE-E9FA-4204-80E4-4B75C46419C0

Making the script respect locale seems doable.

Yes, this seems to work:

$name = (Get-VMIntegrationService -VMName DockerDesktopVM | Where-Object { $_.Id.StartsWith("Microsoft:") -and $_.Id.EndsWith("\2497F4DE-E9FA-4204-80E4-4B75C46419C0") }).Name

Nice. Good job. I've updated the original gist. Thank you. :)

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By the way, I upgraded my Docker for Windows to version 2.2.0.5 and it seems to be much better at resyncing time after the PC went to hibernation. Anyway the script may still prove useful if there are cases when sync fails!

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