When I do a wget I want the file saved in my filesystem to have the date of the download, which is now, not the date on the server. So when I do:
ll -ltr
I want the file to show at the end of the list (the newest file).
And how I make this the default? And when it's the default, how I do get back to the wget default?
You need to use the --no-use-server-timestamps option to tell Wget not to copy the server's timestamp locally.
To make that the default, add the line:
use_server_timestamps = no
to ~/.wgetrc.