diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-datetime-string/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-datetime-string/pom.xml
index dc0c5fd8b1..f50eb2ae5e 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-datetime-string/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-datetime-string/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <commons-validator.version>1.6</commons-validator.version>
-        <joda-time.version>2.10</joda-time.version>
+        <joda-time.version>2.10.10</joda-time.version>
         <!-- testing -->
         <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.9</maven.compiler.source>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-datetime-string/src/test/java/com/baeldung/formatduration/FormatDurationUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-datetime-string/src/test/java/com/baeldung/formatduration/FormatDurationUnitTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1612edd30b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-datetime-string/src/test/java/com/baeldung/formatduration/FormatDurationUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package com.baeldung.formatduration;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.time.DurationFormatUtils;
+import org.joda.time.Period;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+public class FormatDurationUnitTest {
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInterval_WhenFormatInterval_formatDuration() {
+        long HH = TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toHours(38114000);
+        long MM = TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toMinutes(38114000) % 60;
+        long SS = TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toSeconds(38114000) % 60;
+        String timeInHHMMSS = String.format("%02d:%02d:%02d", HH, MM, SS);
+
+        assertThat(timeInHHMMSS).isEqualTo("10:35:14");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInterval_WhenFormatUsingDuration_formatDuration() {
+        Duration duration = Duration.ofMillis(38114000);
+        long seconds = duration.getSeconds();
+        long HH = seconds / 3600;
+        long MM = (seconds % 3600) / 60;
+        long SS = seconds % 60;
+        String timeInHHMMSS =  String.format("%02d:%02d:%02d", HH, MM, SS);
+        assertThat(timeInHHMMSS).isEqualTo("10:35:14");
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInterval_WhenFormatDurationUsingApacheCommons_formatDuration() {
+        assertThat(DurationFormatUtils.formatDuration(38114000, "HH:mm:ss"))
+          .isEqualTo("10:35:14");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInterval_WhenFormatDurationUsingJodaTime_formatDuration() {
+        org.joda.time.Duration duration = new org.joda.time.Duration(38114000);
+        Period period = duration.toPeriod();
+        long HH = period.getHours();
+        long MM = period.getMinutes();
+        long SS = period.getSeconds();
+
+        String timeInHHMMSS = String.format("%02d:%02d:%02d", HH, MM, SS);
+        assertThat(timeInHHMMSS).isEqualTo("10:35:14");
+    }
+}