>I'm getting "kgNow" as a result. The precompiler will not replace constant inside quotes. The following will work:
>
>#DEFINE kdNow DATETIME()
>lcDate = kdNow
>?lcDate

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>#DEFINE kdNow DATETIME()
>>
>>lcDate = "kdNow"
>>
>>?lcDate
>>
>>I'm getting the evaluated datetime not the string. But it changes every time I run it.

You're right. I think I was testing the wrong thing.

You could do

#DEFINE kdNow "DATETIME()"

ldNow = EVAL( kdNow )

?kdNow

?eval("kdNow")