[Rails] formatted date down-counter - help!

rh
Wed, 10 May 2006 20:10:11 -0000

I''d like to have a count down to a certain date, but display it in
words, such as "123 days away" or something.  I''m aware of
the function
"distance_of_time_in_words_to_now()", which will display "about 6
hours"
or "12 days" or something like that, but how can I get it to reverse?
Pass it a date for future reference, then it will error or be negative,
right?

Any thoughts?  Thanks...