convert joda-time seconds to formatted time string

Question

say I have 110 seconds that I want to convert to 01:50 or 00:01:50 or such. How do I do that in joda-time? I load the number into Seconds but then

Answer 1

LocalTime time = new LocalTime(0, 0); // midnight
time = time.plusSeconds(110);
String output = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("HH:mm:ss").print(time);
System.out.println(output); // 00:01:50

Note this answer is valid for amounts of seconds less than one full day (86400). If you have bigger numbers then better use a formatter for durations (in Joda-Time called PeriodFormatter) - see also the right answer of @Isaksson.