This is continuing another thread under the same name whose form seems to have been corrupted.

As I surmised, your match="MRP_DETAIL" template is doing nothing other than processing one of the many fields. Let the MRP_DETAIL be matched by the default (identity) template, and define a template

<xsl:template match="NEED_DATE">
<xsl:copy>
  .. then you reformatting logic, but referring to the current element as "." rather than as "NEED_DATE" ...
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

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Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0 Programmer\'s Reference

Many thanks Michael.... I knew I wasn't far off the mark... just needed a nudge past that last obstacle. (I'm heading out to pick up your book now.) :)