Environment variables in jenkins are driving me up the wall!

I want to create a "formatted version number", called say BUILD_DATE.
Then I want to store this date in an environment variable that
subsequent jobs can retrieve.

I know I can write it into a file manually but surely the EnvInject
plugin should be able to do this?

If I tick "Inject environment variables to the build process", then I
can enter the path to a file, eg:
C:\jenkins\jobs\EnvInjStuff\envInjDate.properties

I seem to have to create this empty file manually for jenkins to be
happy.

I can also fill in the Properties Content but this never appears in
the file.
Subsequently, later jobs can't retrieve data from the file.

Please help me before I go completely mad!

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