Thanks, @jsowalsk it looks like there is no solution for this. In order to have the select options in a particular order you have to add a number or letter for each option. 

When creating user defined fields in Catalog - the order of options under "select" is automatically alphabetical - making the choices in a weird order when the options are chronological. For e...

Thanks, @jsowalsk it looks like there is no solution for this. In order to have the select options in a particular order you have to add a number or letter for each option. 

When creating user defined fields in Catalog - the order of options under "select" is automatically alphabetical - making the choices in a weird order when the options are chronological. For e...