part of APA xml

<xsl:template name="StringFormatDate">
        <xsl:param name="format" />

        <xsl:param name="day"/>
        <xsl:param name="month"/>
        <xsl:param name="year"/>

        <xsl:param name="withDot" />

    <xsl:variable name="prop_EndChars">
      <xsl:call-template name="templ_prop_EndChars"/>
    </xsl:variable>

    <xsl:choose>
            <xsl:when test="$format = ''"></xsl:when>
            <xsl:when test="substring($format, 1, 2) = '%%'">
                <xsl:text>%</xsl:text>
                <xsl:call-template name="StringFormatDate">
                    <xsl:with-param name="format" select="substring($format, 3)" />
                    <xsl:with-param name="day" select="$day"/>
                    <xsl:with-param name="month" select="$month"/>
                    <xsl:with-param name="year" select="$year"/>
                    <xsl:with-param name="withDot" select="$withDot" />
                </xsl:call-template>
                <xsl:if test="string-length($format)=2 and withDot = 'yes' and not(contains($prop_EndChars, '%'))">
                    <xsl:call-template name="templ_prop_Dot"/>
                </xsl:if>
            </xsl:when>
            <xsl:when test="substring($format, 1, 1) = '%'">
                <xsl:variable name="what" select="substring($format, 2, 1)" />
                <xsl:choose>
                    <xsl:when test="$what = 'D'">
                        <xsl:value-of select="$day"/>
                    </xsl:when>
                    <xsl:when test="$what = 'M'">
                        <xsl:value-of select="$month"/>
                    </xsl:when>
                    <xsl:when test="$what = 'Y'">
                        <xsl:value-of select="$year"/>
                    </xsl:when>
                </xsl:choose>
                <xsl:call-template name="StringFormatDate">
                    <xsl:with-param name="format" select="substring($format, 3)" />
                    <xsl:with-param name="day" select="$day"/>
                    <xsl:with-param name="month" select="$month"/>
                    <xsl:with-param name="year" select="$year"/>
                    <xsl:with-param name="withDot" select="$withDot" />
                </xsl:call-template>
                <xsl:if test="string-length($format)=2 and withDot='yes'">
                    <xsl:variable name="temp2">
                        <xsl:call-template name="handleSpaces">
                            <xsl:with-param name="field">
                                <xsl:call-template name="formatNameOneItem">
                                    <xsl:with-param name="format" select="$what"/>
                                </xsl:call-template>
                            </xsl:with-param>
                        </xsl:call-template>
                    </xsl:variable>
                    <xsl:variable name="lastChar">
                        <xsl:value-of select="substring($temp2, string-length($temp2))"/>
                    </xsl:variable>
                    <xsl:if test="not(contains($prop_EndChars, $lastChar))">
                        <xsl:call-template name="templ_prop_Dot"/>
                    </xsl:if>
                </xsl:if>
            </xsl:when>
            <xsl:otherwise>
                <xsl:value-of select="substring($format, 1, 1)" />
                <xsl:call-template name="StringFormatDate">
                    <xsl:with-param name="format" select="substring($format, 2)" />
                    <xsl:with-param name="day" select="$day"/>
                    <xsl:with-param name="month" select="$month"/>
                    <xsl:with-param name="year" select="$year"/>
                    <xsl:with-param name="withDot" select="$withDot" />
                </xsl:call-template>
                <xsl:if test="string-length($format)=1">
                    <xsl:if test="withDot = 'yes' and not(contains($prop_EndChars, $format))">
                        <xsl:call-template name="templ_prop_Dot"/>
                    </xsl:if>
                </xsl:if>
            </xsl:otherwise>
        </xsl:choose>
    </xsl:template>