select
DT,
SecondsSince_19000101 =
-- seconds for whole days
(datediff(dd,0,a.DT)*000000000086400)+
-- seconds since start of day
datediff(ss,dateadd(dd,datediff(dd,0,a.DT),0),a.DT)
from
( -- test data
select DT = getdate()union all
select DT = '99991231 23:59:59.997'union all
select DT = '18991231 12:01:01.997'union all
select DT = '17530101 00:00:00.000'
) a
order by
a.DT
Results:
DT SecondsSince_19000101
----------------------- ---------------------
1753-01-01 00:00:00.000 -4638816000
1899-12-31 12:01:01.997 -43139
2013-05-08 15:07:18.380 3577014438
9999-12-31 23:59:59.997 255611289599
Edited: Replaced 86000 with correct value of 86400 for number of seconds in a day.