What years are year of the ox?

If you wanted an answer based on the zodiac sign, then according to Wikipedia.org (see link, below), those born under the sign of the Ox display the following characteristics: "Dependable, calm, methodical, patient, hardworking, ambitious, conventional, steady, modest, logical, resolute, tenacious. Can be stubborn, narrow-minded, materialistic, rigid, demanding."

But, if you wanted an answer concerning the significance of the year, itself, then you'll have to wait (like the rest of us!) for the year to end!