Type Conversion

In BlitzPlus, I can do implicit type conversion like this:

Global current_year=Right$(CurrentDate$(),4)

which, I suppose, is equivalent to:

current_year=val(Right$(CurrentDate$(),4))

in older basic dialects.

What do I do in Max, and are there other rules for similar type conversions - I am trying to convert a large Blitzplus application to Max, and it is hard work!

Global current_year:String = Right$(CurrentDate$() , 4)

no...really it is.
<edit> or

Global current_year:Int = Int(Right$(CurrentDate$() , 4))

Thank you, Tony, that helps enormously. I should know all this, but haven't been using MAX for over a year. The second one is what I was after.

np
<edit> start again... It's advisable to define every variable/object so run with SuperStrict defined.

Or more generally

Global myString:String = CurrentDate$()
Global current_year:Int = myString[myString.Length-4..].toInt()

or since you know that CurrentDate is always going to be a certain size:

Global current_year:Int = CurrentDate$()[7..].toInt()