Rails - Jul 2005 - using distance_of_time_in_words with a variable in time.local()

Another must be simple and just not seeing it question:

I have a helper class that does this:

   def countdown
     duedate = @project.due_at
     distance_of_time_in_words(Time.now, Time.local("#{duedate}"))
   end

the value of duedate is 2005-08-26, however it returns that it is  
2034 days away.

I tried reformatting the time to fit the example in the PragProg book  
( Time.local(2005, 12, 25) ) by using strftime("%Y, %m, %d") but it  
returns an error as well. It does echo out in an embedded ruby string  
to the screen in the exact same format as I want it to. so I''m  
assuming there must be some parsing order issues... It seems to have  
problems parsing the variable.

Any ideas would be most appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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