initial phase angle calculation

hello
I have this signal
clear all;clc;
t=0:0.0001:10;
tt=t(1:100000);%take 100 000 samples
a=30*pi/180; %phase (calculated form deg. to rad.)
b=90*pi/180; %phase (calculated form deg. to rad.)
ia=5*cos(2*pi*10*tt-a)+7*cos(2*pi*50*tt-b);
fs=1/0.0001; %sampling frequency
X=fft(ia); %FFT
df=fs/length(X); %frequency resolution
f=(0:1:length(X)/2)*df; %frequency axis
subplot(2,1,1);
M=abs(X)/length(ia)*2; %amplitude spectrum
plot(f,M(1:length(f)));
subplot(2,1,2);
P=angle(X)*180/pi; %phase spectrum (in deg.)
plot(f,P(1:length(f)));
this technique do not give a good results; I want any technique to get the right "a" an "d" the initial phase angle of 10 HZ and 50 HZ;
I know it is a hard question but please help me

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Jeremy
Jeremy on 23 Jan 2015
I ran your code it and seems to be working as-is. -30 and -90 deg at 10 and 50Hz

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what about if I dont know my signal I say that all frequency (10 HZ 20 HZ ..............78 Hz .......) have a initial phase angle .this is not correct

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You can't expect them to be zero degrees just because there is no signal defined there. With no content at those frequencies, the angle shown will a result of spectral leakage and numerical noise. Zero degrees is no more valid than any other angle and you should always be looking a the PSD or something else to see which frequencies have a significant response.

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thank you a lot ; and there is another method to get the initial phase angle ?
This is the correct method, any other method will be a round about way of doing the same thing.
thank you alot

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