No, I couldn't stop there. With some more help from Google, I wrote the VB6 COM component to get the current unix time:
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Option Explicit

Private Type FILETIME
    dwLowDateTime As Long
    dwHighDateTime As Long
End Type
Private Type SYSTEMTIME
    wYear As Integer
    wMonth As Integer
    wDayOfWeek As Integer
    wDay As Integer
    wHour As Integer
    wMinute As Integer
    wSecond As Integer
    wMilliseconds As Integer
End Type

Private Declare Function FileTimeToLocalFileTime Lib "kernel32" (lpFileTime As FILETIME, lpLocalFileTime As FILETIME) As Long
Private Declare Function LocalFileTimeToFileTime Lib "kernel32" (lpLocalFileTime As FILETIME, lpFileTime As FILETIME) As Long
Private Declare Function FileTimeToSystemTime Lib "kernel32" (lpFileTime As FILETIME, lpSystemTime As SYSTEMTIME) As Long
Private Declare Function SystemTimeToFileTime Lib "kernel32" (lpSystemTime As SYSTEMTIME, lpFileTime As FILETIME) As Long

' Convert a Date into a SYSTEMTIME.
Private Sub DateToSystemTime(ByVal the_date As Date, ByRef _
    system_time As SYSTEMTIME)
    With system_time
        .wYear = Year(the_date)
        .wMonth = Month(the_date)
        .wDay = Day(the_date)
        .wHour = Hour(the_date)
        .wMinute = Minute(the_date)
        .wSecond = Second(the_date)
    End With
End Sub

' Convert a SYSTEMTIME into a Date.
Private Sub SystemTimeToDate(system_time As SYSTEMTIME, _
    ByRef the_date As Date)
    With system_time
        the_date = DateSerial(.wYear, .wMonth, .wDay) + _
                   TimeSerial(.wHour, .wMinute, .wSecond)
    End With
End Sub

' Convert a local time to UTC.
Public Function LocalTimeToUTC(ByVal the_date As Date) As _
    Date
Dim system_time As SYSTEMTIME
Dim local_file_time As FILETIME
Dim utc_file_time As FILETIME

    ' Convert it into a SYSTEMTIME.
    DateToSystemTime the_date, system_time

    ' Convert it to a FILETIME.
    SystemTimeToFileTime system_time, local_file_time

    ' Convert it to a UTC time.
    LocalFileTimeToFileTime local_file_time, utc_file_time

    ' Convert it to a SYSTEMTIME.
    FileTimeToSystemTime utc_file_time, system_time

    ' Convert it to a Date.
    SystemTimeToDate system_time, the_date

    LocalTimeToUTC = the_date
End Function

' Convert a UTC time into local time.
Public Function UTCToLocalTime(ByVal the_date As Date) As _
    Date
Dim system_time As SYSTEMTIME
Dim local_file_time As FILETIME
Dim utc_file_time As FILETIME

    ' Convert it into a SYSTEMTIME.
    DateToSystemTime the_date, system_time

    ' Convert it to a UTC time.
    SystemTimeToFileTime system_time, utc_file_time

    ' Convert it to a FILETIME.
    FileTimeToLocalFileTime utc_file_time, local_file_time

    ' Convert it to a SYSTEMTIME.
    FileTimeToSystemTime local_file_time, system_time

    ' Convert it to a Date.
    SystemTimeToDate system_time, the_date

    UTCToLocalTime = the_date
End Function

Public Function UTCToUnixTime(the_date As Date) As Long
  UTCToUnixTime = CLng(DateDiff("s", #1/1/1970#, the_date))
End Function

Public Function UnixNow() As Long
  UnixNow = UTCToUnixTime(LocalTimeToUTC(Now()))
End Function

Public Function LocalTimeToUnixTime(the_date As Date) As Long
  LocalTimeToUnixTime = UTCToUnixTime(LocalTimeToUTC(the_date))
End Function


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