WordPress the_date skipping same days

Lets take a look at this very basic loop.

<?php
$query_name = new WP_Query();

if ( $query_name->have_posts() ) :
    while ($query_name->have_posts()): $query_name->the_post();
        the_date();
        the_title();
        the_content();
    endwhile;
endif;

Nothing special right? Will by default just display the date, title and content of the first 10 posts.
But if 2 posts are published on the same day it will skip display that posts date.

When looking at the source code of the_date it compares the date of the previous post with the current using is_new_day.
I guess it can make sense in some scenario’s but too me it’s a bit weird by default.

To prevent this just use

<?php
echo get_the_date();