Hi blackhawk

Yes, have a look at the examine documentation for sorting here:

https://github.com/Shazwazza/Examine/wiki/Sorting-results

Essentially examine will sort by string by default, eg return "10" before "2" for a numerical field, but if you tell it via the examine configuration that the index item is of type INT, and enablesorting on it, (same for datetime too) then you should be able to achieve the result you are after.

<IndexSet SetName="documentationIndexSet" IndexPath="~/App_Data/TEMP/ExamineIndexes/documentation/">
    <IndexUserFields>
      <add Name="doc"/>
      <add Name="likes" Type="INT" EnableSorting="true"/>
    </IndexUserFields>
</IndexSet>

and query

var sc = ExamineManager.Instance.CreateSearchCriteria();

var query = sc.Field("doc", "hats")
     .And()
     .OrderBy("likes[Type=INT]");

regards

Marc