function trnyGMT(str){
//get the tourney date and convert to GMT
strDate = str.split("/");
tempYrTime = strDate[2].split(" ");
trnyYr = parseFloat(tempYrTime[0]);
tempTime = tempYrTime[1].split(":");
trnyHr = parseFloat(tempTime[0]);
trnyMin = parseFloat(tempTime[1]);
trnySec = parseFloat(tempTime[2]);
trnyMonth = (parseFloat(strDate[0]) - 1);
trnyDate = parseFloat(strDate[1]);
trnyDate = new Date(trnyYr,trnyMonth,trnyDate,trnyHr,trnyMin,trnySec);
trnyDateInGMT = new Date((Number(trnyDate) + 18000000));
trnyGmtTimeInt = Number(trnyDateInGMT);
//return trnyGmtTimeInt;
return trnyDateInGMT;
}


//get the user's date and convert to GMT
myDate = new Date();
offset = myDate.getTimezoneOffset();
milloffset = (offset)*60*1000;
gmttime = (Number(myDate) + milloffset);
myGmtDate = new Date(gmttime);
userGmtTimeInt = Number(myGmtDate);