LinuxQuestions.org - recv command in sock in c

I guess I have made connection to a day time server successfully, but I don't know how I can receive day time from it and where I can find a day time server on the internet.

Code:

#include <sys/socket.h>

#include <sys/types.h>

#include <iostream>

#include <sys/time.h>        

#include <time.h>

#include <stdio.h>

#include <netinet/in.h>

#include <netdb.h> 

#include <string.h>

#include <errno.h>

using namespace std;

#include <arpa/inet.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv) 

{ 

        int    sockfd; 

        struct sockaddr_in serv_addr;

        int bufsize=1024;        /* a 1K buffer */

        char str[INET_ADDRSTRLEN];

        char *buffer=malloc(bufsize);

//  struct hostent *server;

//  if (argc != 2) 

//          err_quit("usage: a.out <IPaddress>");

        sockfd=socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,0); 

        bzero(&serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr));//convert dest address to all zeros

        if (inet_pton(AF_INET, "72.14.207.99",&serv_addr.sin_addr)<0)

        {

                cout <<"Hostname is not valid"<< endl;

                exit(0);

        }

        serv_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;

        serv_addr.sin_port = htons(13);

        inet_ntop(AF_INET, &serv_addr.sin_addr, str, sizeof(str)); 

        if (connect(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *) &serv_addr,sizeof(serv_addr)) != 0) 

            cout << "You are connected to " << str<< endl;

  

          recv(sockfd,buffer,bufsize,0); 

    close(sockfd);

    cout <<"Connection is terminated"<< endl;

        exit(0);

}

When I compile this program I get the following error: invalid conversion from void* to char* in this line:

Code:

char *buffer=malloc(bufsize);

Moreover, I am not sure where I can display the result I will get from the day time server.

Any idea what's wrong with my code?