   
   <!--
   
   function reFormat(input){
		var string = input.value;
		var count = countOccurances(string,"-");
		if (count == 2){
			<!---format only if we have two dashes--->
			input.value = doFormat(string);
		}
	}

	<!---counts the number of occurances of a word in a string--->
	function countOccurances(string, word) 
	{ 
	 var substrings = string.split(word);
	  return substrings.length - 1;
	} 

	<!---This will reformat the new format W121-51-28.92 into W121.51.482  --->
	function doFormat(string) {
		var firstDash = string.indexOf("-");
		var secondDash = string.indexOf("-",firstDash+1);

		var direction = string.substring(0,1);
		var hrs = string.substring(1,firstDash);
		var mins = string.substring(firstDash+1,secondDash);
		var sec = string.substring(secondDash+1,string.length);
		mins = mins * 1.0 + (sec /60);
		var returnString = direction + " " + hrs + " " + mins
		return returnString;
	}
	-->