Compiling on linux-powerpc and linux-powerpc64 I get:

"inplace/bin/ghc-stage1" -hisuf hi -osuf  o -hcsuf hc -static  -H32m -O -Werror -Wall \
   -H64m -O0    -package-name time-1.4.0.2 -hide-all-packages -i -ilibraries/time/.  \
   -ilibraries/time/dist-install/build -ilibraries/time/dist-install/build/autogen \
   -Ilibraries/time/dist-install/build -Ilibraries/time/dist-install/build/autogen \
   -Ilibraries/time/include   -optP-DLANGUAGE_Rank2Types -optP \
   DLANGUAGE_DeriveDataTypeable -optP-DLANGUAGE_StandaloneDeriving -optP-include \
   -optPlibraries/time/dist-install/build/autogen/cabal_macros.h -package base-4.7.0.0 \
   -package deepseq-1.3.0.2 -package old-locale-1.0.0.5 -Wall -XHaskell2010 -XRank2Types \
   -XDeriveDataTypeable -XStandaloneDeriving -XCPP -O2 -O -dcore-lint \
   -fno-warndeprecated-flags  -no-user-package-db -rtsopts -fno-warn-unused-do-bind \
   -fno-warn-deprecations -fno-warn-unused-imports -fno-warn-identities     -odir \
   libraries/time/dist-install/build -hidir libraries/time/dist-install/build -stubdir \ 
   libraries/time/dist-install/build  -dynamic-too -c libraries/time/./Data/Time/Format.hs \
   -o libraries/time/dist-install/build/Data/Time/Format.o -dyno \
   libraries/time/dist-install/build/Data/Time/Format.dyn_o
/tmp/ghc2806_0/ghc2806_1.s: Assembler messages:

/tmp/ghc2806_0/ghc2806_1.s:51766:0:
     Error: operand out of range (0x000000000000adf8 is not between 0xffffffffffff8000 and 0x0000000000007fff)

/tmp/ghc2806_0/ghc2806_1.s:51798:0:
     Error: operand out of range (0x000000000000ad90 is not between 0xffffffffffff8000 and 0x0000000000007fff)

/tmp/ghc2806_0/ghc2806_1.s:51830:0:
     Error: operand out of range (0x000000000000ad28 is not between 0xffffffffffff8000 and 0x0000000000007fff)

/tmp/ghc2806_0/ghc2806_1.s:51908:0:
     Error: operand out of range (0x000000000000ac1c is not between 0xffffffffffff8000 and 0x0000000000007fff)