• 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.