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File: Data.xml
<employee hireDate="09/01/1998">
  <last>Smith</last>
  <first>Joe</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" /><!-- note space -->
    <xsl:apply-templates select="first" />
    <xsl:apply-templates select="last" />
  </xsl:template>
  

</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:

09/01/1998JoeSmith