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File: Data.xml

<employee hireDate="09/01/1998">
  <last>A</last>
  <first>B</first>
  <salary>95000</salary>
</employee>

File: Transform.xslt
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
  version="1.0">
  <xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes" />
  <xsl:template match="employee">
    <xsl:apply-templates select="@hireDate" />
    <xsl:text>
        </xsl:text>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="first" />
    <xsl:text> 
        </xsl:text>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="last" />
  </xsl:template>
  

</xsl:stylesheet>

Output:

09/01/1998
        B 
        A