SQL current year

[M Wilson]

select distinct MODEL
from VEH_TABLE
where MAKE = 'Ford'
and VEH_YEAR = YEAR(CURRENT DATE)

I want to get the current year but VEH_YEAR is data type char (string) so the result errors because the data types are incompatible. How do you convert/cast YEAR(CURRENT DATE) to char? I tried, doesn't work cause incorrect?
and VEHICLE_YEAR = CAST (YEAR(CURRENT DATE) CHAR(4))

Thank you very much.

[Ireneusz Kordal]

Depends on your database.
On Oracle there is TO_DATE conversion function, on MySQL - STR_TO_DATE function.