datetime to unix epoch time

Is there a function in SQL Server to convert a datetime into Unix Epoch time,
that is seconds elapsed since Jan 1 1970. The result will be an big integer.
Thanks.
Some sample:
Select datediff(ss,'19700101',Getdate())
HTH, Jens Suessmeyer.
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"Data Cruncher" <dcruncher4@.netscape.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Is there a function in SQL Server to convert a datetime into Unix Epoch
> time,
> that is seconds elapsed since Jan 1 1970. The result will be an big
> integer.
> Thanks.
>
|||And if you want a BIgint then
Select Convert(Bigint,datediff(ss,'19700101',Getdate()))
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> Some sample:
> Select datediff(ss,'19700101',Getdate())
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> HTH, Jens Suessmeyer.
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> http://www.sqlserver2005.de
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> "Data Cruncher" <dcruncher4@.netscape.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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