can't convert Hash into an exact number

I am using your distance_of_time_in_words from dotiw gem but not working fine.

I am with rails 3.1 + Mongoid.

This is the method in my view

<% @houses.each do |house| %>
.
.
.
<%= distance_of_time_in_words house.created_at , :only => [:days, :hours, :minutes] %>
.
.
.
<% end %>

I catch the error message:

can't convert Hash into an exact number

In my model I have the include Mongoid::Timestamps with :created_at attribute

However the other 2 methods time_ago_in_words and distance_of_time_in_words_to_now working fine.

Whats the matter?

This is the trace

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activesupport (3.1.0) lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb:277:in `minus_with_coercion'
dotiw (1.1.1) lib/dotiw.rb:17:in `distance_of_time_in_words_hash'
dotiw (1.1.1) lib/dotiw.rb:26:in `distance_of_time_in_words'
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distance_of_time_in_words takes two times and then works out the distance between them. In your code, you're passing a time and then a hash and then dotiw is attempting to compare the two.

If you're only interested in the distance of one time to now, how about using time_ago_in_words?